Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Colossians 4:3
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Colossians4:3
3. for us--myself and Timothy (Col 1:1).
a door of utterance--Translate, "a door for the word." Not as in Ep 6:19, where power of "utterance" is his petition. Here it is an opportunity for preaching the word, which would be best afforded by his release from prison (1Co 16:9; 2Co 2:12; Phm 22; Re 3:8).
to speak--so that we may speak.
the mystery of Christ--(Col 1:27).
for which ... also--on account of which I am (not only "an ambassador," Ep 6:20, but) ALSO in bonds.
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