Colossians 4:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 4:1-4 : 1 For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong: 2 And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong. 3 But if our good news is veiled, it is veiled from those who are on the way to destruction: 4 Because the god of this world has made blind the minds of those who have not faith, so that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not be shining on them.
  • Eph 6:20 : 20 For which I am a representative in chains, and that I may say without fear the things which it is right for me to say.
  • Col 4:6 : 6 Let your talk be with grace, mixed with salt, so that you may be able to give an answer to everyone.
  • Matt 10:26-27 : 26 Have, then, no fear of them: because nothing is covered which will not come to light, or secret which will not be made clear. 27 What I say to you in the dark, say in the light: and what comes to your ear secretly, say publicly from the house-tops.
  • Acts 4:29 : 29 And now, Lord, take note of their cruel words, and give your servants power to be preachers of your word without fear,
  • Acts 5:29 : 29 But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.
  • 1 Cor 2:4-5 : 4 And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you: 5 So that your faith might be based not on man's wisdom but on the power of God.
  • 2 Cor 2:14-17 : 14 But praise be to God who makes us strong to overcome in Christ, and makes clear through us in every place the value of the knowledge of him. 15 For we are a sweet perfume of Christ to God in those who are getting salvation and in those who are going to destruction; 16 To the one it is a perfume of death to death; to the other a perfume of life to life. And who is enough for such things? 17 For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.
  • 2 Cor 3:12 : 12 Having then such a hope, we keep nothing back,

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

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  • Eph 6:19-20
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    19 And for me, that words may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make clear without fear the secret of the good news,

    20 For which I am a representative in chains, and that I may say without fear the things which it is right for me to say.

  • Col 4:5-7
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    5 Be wise in your behaviour to those who are outside, making good use of the time.

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

    7 Tychicus will give you news of all my business: he is a dear brother and true servant and helper in the word;

  • Eph 3:3-4
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    3 How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter,

    4 By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ;

  • Phil 1:12-14
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    12 Now it is my purpose to make clear to you, brothers, that the cause of the good news has been helped by my experiences;

    13 So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ;

    14 And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.

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    8 And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

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    12 That you may be respected by those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

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  • Rom 1:10-11
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    10 And that I am ever making prayers that God will give me a good journey to you.

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    2 And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.

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    4 I say this so that you may not be turned away by any deceit of words.

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    4 And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:

  • Col 1:25
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    25 Of which I became a servant by the purpose of God which was given to me for you, to give effect to the word of God,

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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,

  • 2 Cor 11:6
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    6 But though I am rough in my way of talking, I am not so in knowledge, as we have made clear to all by our acts among you.

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    27 Only let your behaviour do credit to the good news of Christ, so that if I come and see you or if I am away from you, I may have news of you that you are strong in one spirit, working together with one soul for the faith of the good news;

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    12 Having then such a hope, we keep nothing back,

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    11 If anyone has anything to say, let it be as the words of God; if anyone has the desire to be the servant of others, let him do it in the strength which is given by God; so that in all things God may have the glory through Jesus Christ, whose are the glory and the power for ever.

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    10 So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,

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    1 Let us be judged as servants of Christ, and as those who are responsible for the secret things of God.

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    10 So that you may give your approval to the best things; that you may be true and without wrongdoing till the day of Christ;

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    8 Saying true and right words, against which no protest may be made, so that he who is not on our side may be put to shame, unable to say any evil of us.

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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.

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    2 Yes, I make my request to you, so that when I am with you I may not have to make use of the authority which may be needed against some to whom we seem to be walking after the flesh.

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    15 But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ;

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    17 But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.

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    4 And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:

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    19 But in the church it would be better for me to make use of five words of which the sense was clear, so that others might have profit, than ten thousand words in a strange tongue.

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    20 For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.

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    9 And for the same reason I sent you a letter so that I might be certain of your desire to do my orders in all things.

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    20 In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.

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    17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

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    17 This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit,

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    9 That I may not seem to have the desire of causing you fear by my letters.

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    40 Let all things be done in the right and ordered way.

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    1 For the rest, my brothers, let there be prayer for us that the word of the Lord may go forward with increasing glory, even as it does with you;