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Colossians 4:3

Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:

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προσευχόμενοιproseuchomenoiprayingπροσεύχομαι (proseuchomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “praying”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4336I pray, pray for, offer prayer.prayingἅμαhamatogetherἅμαadverb — “together”G260at the same time, therewith, along with, together with.καὶkaialsoκαίadverb — “also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.alsoπερὶperiforπερίpreposition — “for”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.forἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).usἵναhinathatἵναconjunction — “that”G2443in order that, so that.thatὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θεὸςtheosGodθεόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “God”, the subject formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.Godἀνοίξῃanoixēwould openἀνοίγω (anoigō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “would open”, a single actionG455I open.would openἡμῖνhēminIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “I”, the to- or for-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).unto usθύρανthurana doorθύρα (thura)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “a door”, the object formG2374(a) a door, (b) met: an opportunity.This verse uses “a door”.a doorτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.λόγουlogouof utteranceλόγος (logos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of utterance”, the of-formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.of utteranceλαλῆσαιlalēsaito speakλαλέω (laleō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to speak”, a single actionG2980(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.This verse uses “speak”.to speakτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μυστήριονmustērionmysteryμυστήριονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “mystery”, the object formG3466a mystery, secret, of which initiation is necessary; in the NT: the counsels of God, once hidden but now revealed in the Gospel or some fact thereof; the Christian revelation generally; particular truths or details of the Christian revelation.the mysteryτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.Χριστοῦchristouof ChristΧριστός (christos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of Christ”, the of-formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.of Christδι’diforδιά (dia)preposition — “for”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.forὃhowhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.whichκαὶkaialsoκαίadverb — “also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.alsoδέδεμαιdedemaiin bondsδέω (deō)verb, perfect passive indicative, 1st person singular — “in bonds”, a completed action with a present resultG1210I bind, tie, fasten; I impel, compel; I declare to be prohibited and unlawful.in bonds

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

praying at the same time also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the secret of the Christ, because of which also I have been bound,

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American Standard Version (1901)

withal praying for us also, that God may open unto us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds;

Young’s Literal Translation

praying at the same time also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the secret of the Christ, because of which also I have been bound,

World English Bible

praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds,

Darby Translation

praying at the same time for us also, that God may open to us a door of the word to speak the mystery of Christ, on account of which also I am bound,

Douay-Rheims

Praying withal for us also, that God may open unto us a door of speech to speak the mystery of Christ (for which also I am bound;)

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