# Colossians 4.3 **Book:** [Colossians](/codex/colossians/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 1. Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. 2. Continue stedfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving; > > **3. 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;** > > 4. that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. 5. Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. (Colossians 4:1-5, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 1. Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. 2. Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving; > > **3. 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;** > > 4. that I may reveal it as I ought to speak. 5. Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. (Colossians 4:1-5, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 1. Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. 2. Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; > > **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:** > > 4. That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. 5. Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. (Colossians 4:1-5, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 1. The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. 2. In the prayer continue ye, watching in it in thanksgiving; > > **3. 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,** > > 4. that I may manifest it, as it behoveth me to speak; 5. in wisdom walk ye toward those without, the time forestalling; (Colossians 4:1-5, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Concepts:** - [Prayers for Evangelism](/codex/prayers-for-evangelism/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.