Colossians 4:3

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Also pray for us. Pray that God will give us an opportunity to tell people his message. I am in prison for doing this. But pray that we can continue to tell people the secret truth that God has made known about Christ.

Cross References

Acts 14:27

When Paul and Barnabas arrived, they gathered the church together. They told them everything God had used them to do. They said, “God opened a door for the non-Jewish people to believe!”

Colossians 1:26

This message is the secret truth that was hidden since the beginning of time. It was hidden from everyone for ages, but now it has been made known to God’s holy people.

2 Corinthians 2:12

I went to Troas to tell people the Good News of Christ. The Lord gave me a good opportunity there.

2 Timothy 2:9

And because I tell that message, I am suffering. I am even bound with chains like someone who has really done wrong. But God’s message is not bound.

Philippians 1:7

I know I am right to think like this about all of you because you are so close to my heart. This is because you have all played such an important part in God’s grace to me—now, during this time that I am in prison, and whenever I am defending and proving the truth of the Good News.

Ephesians 4:1

So, as a prisoner for the Lord, I beg you to live the way God’s people should live, because he chose you to be his.

1 Corinthians 16:9

I will stay here, because a good opportunity for a great and growing work has been given to me now. And there are many people working against it.

1 Corinthians 4:1

You should think of us as servants of Christ, the ones God has trusted to do the work of making known his secret truths.

1 Thessalonians 5:25

Brothers and sisters, please pray for us.

Matthew 13:11

Jesus answered, “Only you can know the secret truths about God’s kingdom. Those other people cannot know these secret truths.

Philemon 1:22

Also, please prepare a room for me. I hope that God will answer your prayers and that I will be able to come and see you.

Philippians 1:19

because I know that your prayers and the help the Spirit of Jesus Christ gives me will cause this trouble to result in my freedom.

2 Timothy 1:16

I pray that the Lord will show mercy to the family of Onesiphorus. Many times Onesiphorus encouraged me. He was not ashamed that I was in prison.

Ephesians 3:1

So I, Paul, am a prisoner because I serve Christ Jesus for you who are not Jews.

Romans 16:25

Praise God! He is the one who can make you strong in faith. He can use the Good News that I teach to make you strong. It is the message about Jesus Christ that I tell people. That message is the secret truth that was hidden for ages and ages but has been made known.

Ephesians 3:3

God let me know his secret plan by showing it to me. I have already written a little about this.

Ephesians 3:4

And if you read what I wrote, you can see that I understand the secret truth about Christ.

Ephesians 3:9

And God gave me the work of telling all people about the plan for his secret truth. That secret truth has been hidden in him since the beginning of time. He is the one who created everything.

Colossians 4:18

Here’s my greeting in my own handwriting—Paul. Remember me in prison. God’s grace be with you.

2 Timothy 4:2

Tell everyone God’s message. Be ready at all times to do whatever is needed. Tell people what they need to do, tell them when they are doing wrong, and encourage them. Do this with great patience and careful teaching.