What Does Colossians 4:3 Mean?

“praying”

to pray to god, i.e., supplicate, worship

“Withal”

properly, at the "same" time, but freely used as a preposition or adverb denoting close association

“also”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“for”

properly, through (all over), i.e., around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive cas

“us”

of (or from) us

“that”

in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“God”

a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)

“would open”

to open up (literally or figuratively, in various applications)

“unto us”

to (or for, with, by) us

“a door”

a portal or entrance (the opening or the closure, literally or figuratively)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“of utterance”

something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a

“to speak”

to talk, i.e., utter words

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the mystery”

a secret or "mystery" (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“of Christ”

anointed, i.e., the messiah, an epithet of jesus

“for”

through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)

“which”

the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that

“also”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“I am”

to bind (in various applications, literally or figuratively)