Colossians 4:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Give yourselves to prayer at all times, keeping watch with praise;

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Thess 5:17-18 : 17 Keep on with your prayers. 18 In everything give praise: for this is the purpose of God in Christ Jesus for you.
  • Eph 6:18 : 18 With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints,
  • Phil 4:6 : 6 Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.
  • Luke 18:1 : 1 And he made a story for them, the point of which was that men were to go on making prayer and not get tired;
  • Mark 13:33 : 33 Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.
  • Rom 12:12 : 12 Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,
  • 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;
  • Col 1:9 : 9 For this reason, we, from the day when we had word of it, keep on in prayer for you, that you may be full of the knowledge of his purpose, with all wisdom and experience of the Spirit,
  • Col 2:7 : 7 Rooted and based together in him, strong in the faith which the teaching gave you, giving praise to God at all times.
  • Luke 21:36 : 36 But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.
  • Job 15:4 : 4 Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.
  • Col 3:15 : 15 And let the peace of Christ be ruling in your hearts, as it was the purpose of God for you to be one body; and give praise to God at all times.
  • Col 3:17 : 17 And whatever you do, in word or in act, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving praise to God the Father through him.
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his love, ever taking thought for you in his prayers, that you may be complete and fully certain of all the purpose of God.
  • Job 27:8-9 : 8 For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul? 9 Will his cry come to the ears of God when he is in trouble? 10 Will he take delight in the Ruler of all, and make his prayer to God at all times?
  • Ps 55:16-17 : 16 As for me, I will make my prayer to God, and he will be my saviour. 17 In the evening and in the morning and in the middle of the day I will make my prayer with sounds of grief; and my voice will come to his ears.
  • Ps 109:4 : 4 For my love they give me back hate; but I have given myself to prayer.
  • Matt 26:41 : 41 Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.
  • 1 Sam 12:23 : 23 And as for me, never will I go against the orders of the Lord by giving up my prayers for you: but I will go on teaching you the good and right way.

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    4 Be glad in the Lord at all times: again I say, Be glad.

    5 Let your gentle behaviour be clear to all men. The Lord is near.

    6 Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.

    7 And the peace of God, which is deeper than all knowledge, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

  • Col 4:3-4
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    3 And making prayer for us, that God may give us an open door for the preaching of the word, the secret of Christ, for which I am now in chains;

    4 So that I may make it clear, as it is right for me to do.

  • Eph 1:16
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    16 Give praise without end for you, keeping you in mind in my prayers;

  • Eph 6:18
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    18 With prayers and deep desires, making requests at all times in the Spirit, and keeping watch, with strong purpose, in prayer for all the saints,

  • Phlm 1:4
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    4 I give praise to God at all times and make prayer for you,

  • 1 Thess 5:17-18
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    17 Keep on with your prayers.

    18 In everything give praise: for this is the purpose of God in Christ Jesus for you.

  • Col 1:3-4
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    3 We give praise to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, making prayer for you at all times,

    4 After hearing of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have for all the saints,

  • Phil 1:3-4
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    3 I give praise to my God at every memory of you,

    4 And in all my prayers for you all, making my request with joy,

  • Col 3:15
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    15 And let the peace of Christ be ruling in your hearts, as it was the purpose of God for you to be one body; and give praise to God at all times.

  • Col 2:7
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    7 Rooted and based together in him, strong in the faith which the teaching gave you, giving praise to God at all times.

  • Col 4:1
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    1 Masters, give your servants what is right and equal, conscious that you have a Master in heaven.

  • 1 Thess 1:2-3
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    2 We give praise to God at all times for you, keeping you in memory in our prayers;

    3 Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

  • Rom 12:12
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    12 Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,

  • Eph 5:20
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    20 Giving praise at all times for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

  • Acts 6:4
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    4 Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word.

  • 1 Tim 2:1
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    1 My desire is, first of all, that you will make requests and prayers and give praise for all men;

  • Col 3:17
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    17 And whatever you do, in word or in act, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving praise to God the Father through him.

  • Col 4:12
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    12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his love, ever taking thought for you in his prayers, that you may be complete and fully certain of all the purpose of God.

  • 1 Thess 3:9-10
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    9 For how great is the praise which we give to God for you, and how great the joy with which we are glad because of you before our God;

    10 Night and day requesting God again and again that we may see your face and make your faith complete.

  • Phlm 1:22
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    22 And make a room ready for me; for I am hoping that through your prayers I will be given to you.

  • 1 Pet 4:7
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    7 But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;

  • 2 Cor 1:11
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    11 You at the same time helping together by your prayer for us; so that for what has been given to us through a number of persons, praise may go up to God for us from all of them.

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    4 I give praise to my God for you at all times, because of the grace of God which has been given to you in Christ Jesus;

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    5 So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.

  • Rom 1:9
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    9 For God is my witness, whose servant I am in spirit in the good news of his Son, that you are at all times in my memory and in my prayers,

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    3 Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace.

  • 2 Tim 1:3
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    3 I give praise to God, whose servant I have been, with a heart free from sin, from the time of my fathers, because in my prayers at all times the thought of you is with me, night and day

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    9 For this reason, we, from the day when we had word of it, keep on in prayer for you, that you may be full of the knowledge of his purpose, with all wisdom and experience of the Spirit,

  • 2 Cor 9:11
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    11 Your wealth being increased in everything, with a simple mind, causing praise to God through us.

  • Eph 4:1
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    1 I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,

  • Col 1:11
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    11 Full of strength in the measure of the great power of his glory, so that you may undergo all troubles with joy;

  • Acts 4:29
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    29 And now, Lord, take note of their cruel words, and give your servants power to be preachers of your word without fear,

  • Eph 5:4
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    4 And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise.

  • 1 Tim 4:5
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    5 For it is made holy by the word of God and by prayer.

  • 2 Thess 1:11
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    11 For this reason, you are ever in our prayers, that you may seem to our God such as may have a part in his purpose and that by his power he will make all his good purpose, and the work of faith, complete;

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    15 For we go through all things on account of you, because the greater the number to whom the grace is given, the greater is the praise to the glory of God.

  • Eph 3:14
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    14 For this cause I go down on my knees before the Father,

  • 2 Cor 8:16
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    16 But praise be to God, who puts the same care for you into the heart of Titus.

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    14 While their hearts go out to you in love and in prayer for you, because of the great grace of God which is in you.

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    8 It is my desire, then, that in every place men may give themselves to prayer, lifting up holy hands, without wrath or argument.

  • Col 4:6
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    6 Let your talk be with grace, mixed with salt, so that you may be able to give an answer to everyone.