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Colossians 4
The 2026 edition cites 5 passages touching Colossians 4, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.
Colossians 4:2
2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 1
- CF 21.3
Prayer, with thanksgiving, being one special part of religious worship, is by God required of all men: and that it may be accepted, it is to be made in the…
Colossians 4:3
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:
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 183
We are to pray for the whole church of Christ upon earth; for magistrates and ministers; for ourselves, our brethren, yea, our enemies; and for all sorts of…
Colossians 4:6
6 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Cited by 2 places in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 138
The duties required in the seventh commandment are, chastity in body, mind, affections, words, and behavior; and the preservation of it in ourselves and…
Shorter Catechism 1
- SC 71
The seventh commandment requireth the preservation of our own and our neighbor’s chastity, in heart, speech, and behaviour.
Colossians 4:12
12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 159
They that are called to labor in the ministry of the Word are to preach sound doctrine, diligently, in season, and out of season; plainly, not in the enticing…
Colossians 4:15-16
15 Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.
16 And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Testimony of the RPCNA 1
- T 25.3
The Church is one among all nations, yet for the purpose of corporate worship and orderly procedures, distinct congregations and judicatories are warranted.