Colossians 4:4

Legacy Standard Bible

that I may make it manifest in the way I ought to speak.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
so that I may make it known as I should.

King James Version (1611)
That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speake.

King James Version
That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

English Standard Version
that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.

New American Standard Bible
that I may make it clear in the way that I ought to proclaim it.

New Century Version
Pray that I can speak in a way that will make it clear, as I should.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
that I may make it clear in the way I ought to speak.

Berean Standard Bible
Pray that I may declare it clearly, as I should.

Contemporary English Version
Please pray that I will make the message as clear as possible.

Complete Jewish Bible
And pray that I may speak, as I should, in a way that makes the message clear.

Darby Translation
to the end that I may make it manifest as I ought to speak.

Easy-to-Read Version
Pray that I will say what is necessary to make this truth clear to everyone.

Geneva Bible (1587)
That I may vtter it, as it becommeth mee to speake.

George Lamsa Translation
So that I may make it manifest and speak about it as I should.

Good News Translation
Pray, then, that I may speak, as I should, in such a way as to make it clear.

Lexham English Bible
so that I may reveal it, as it is necessary for me to speak.

Literal Translation
that I may make it clear, as I ought to speak.

Amplified Bible
that I may make it clear [and speak boldly and unfold the mystery] in the way I should.

American Standard Version
that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

Bible in Basic English
So that I may make it clear, as it is right for me to do.

Hebrew Names Version
that I may reveal it as I ought to speak.

International Standard Version
May I reveal it as clearly as I should!as I should speak">[fn]

Etheridge Translation
that I may fully make it manifest, as it behoveth me.

Murdock Translation
that I may unfold it, and utter it, as it behooveth me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
That I may vtter it, as I ought to speake.

English Revised Version
that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

World English Bible
that I may reveal it as I ought to speak.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

Weymouth's New Testament
Then I shall proclaim it fully, as it is my duty to do.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
for which also Y am boundun, that Y schewe it, so as it bihoueth me to speke.

Update Bible Version
that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

Webster's Bible Translation
That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

New English Translation
Pray that I may make it known as I should.

New King James Version
that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

New Living Translation
Pray that I will proclaim this message as clearly as I should.

New Life Bible
Pray that I will be able to preach so everyone can understand. This is the way I should speak.

New Revised Standard
so that I may reveal it clearly, as I should.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
That I may make it manifest as behoveth me to speak.

Douay-Rheims Bible
That I may make it manifest as I ought to speak.

Revised Standard Version
that I may make it clear, as I ought to speak.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
yt I maye vtter it as it becometh me to speake.

Young's Literal Translation
that I may manifest it, as it behoveth me to speak;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
that I maye vtter ye same, as it becommeth me to speake.

Mace New Testament (1729)
that I may publish it in the manner, it should necessarily be done.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Pray that I can make the gospel easy to understand.

Contextual Overview

²Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving; ³praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been bound, ⁴that I may make it manifest in the way I ought to speak.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I may: Matthew 10:26, Matthew 10:27, Acts 4:29, 2 Corinthians 3:12, 2 Corinthians 4:1-4

as: Colossians 4:6, Acts 5:29, 1 Corinthians 2:4, 1 Corinthians 2:5, 2 Corinthians 2:14-17, Ephesians 6:20

Reciprocal: Proverbs 23:16 - thy Isaiah 57:19 - the fruit Ezekiel 29:21 - the opening Luke 21:15 - I will Acts 28:31 - with 1 Corinthians 1:5 - in all Philippians 1:14 - waxing

Cross-References

Genesis 4:16
Then Cain went out from the presence of Yahweh and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Genesis 4:17
Then Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch; and he built a city and called the name of the city Enoch, after the name of his son.

Genesis 4:19
And Lamech took for himself two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah.

Genesis 4:20
And Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and have livestock.

Genesis 15:17
Now it happened that the sun had set, and it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which passed between these pieces.

Exodus 13:12
and you shall devote to Yahweh the first offspring of every womb and the first offspring of every beast that you own; the males belong to Yahweh.

Leviticus 9:24
Then fire came out from before Yahweh and consumed the burnt offering and the portions of fat on the altar. And all the people saw it and shouted and fell on their faces.

Numbers 16:35
Fire also came forth from Yahweh and consumed the 250 men who were bringing near the incense.

Numbers 18:12
All the best of the fresh oil and all the best of the fresh wine and of the grain, the first fruits of those which they give to Yahweh, I give them to you.

Numbers 18:17
But the firstborn of an ox or the firstborn of a sheep or the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall splash their blood on the altar and shall offer up their fat in smoke as an offering by fire, for a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That I may make it manifest,.... It being a mystery, a secret, which was hid in God from everlasting, and, during the legal dispensation, was wrapped up in types, and shadows, and sacrifices, and is still hidden unto the natural man. Wherefore the apostle was desirous of making it manifest in a ministerial way; for God only, by his Spirit, makes it manifest in a spiritual, experimental, and saving way.

As, says he,

I ought to speak. The Arabic version adds, "concerning it", the Gospel, the mystery of Christ. The apostle's meaning is, that he might deliver it with that clearness and evidence, and use that plainness of speech which became the Gospel, and him as a minister of it, and not ambiguous expressions, equivocal phrases, words of double meanings, on purpose to hide things from men, but by manifestation of the truth, to commend himself to every man's conscience in the sight of God. As also to speak it faithfully, declaring the whole counsel of God, keeping back nothing that might be profitable to the churches; and with all constancy and certainty, with all boldness and intrepidity of soul, and freedom of mind; not seeking to please men, aiming at vain glory, and popular applause, or being afraid of their faces, menaces, and reproaches.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That I may make it manifest ... - Notes, Ephesians 6:20.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Colossians 4:4. That I may make it manifest — It was a mystery, and he wished to make it manifest-to lay it open, and make all men see it.