Verse 3. Withal. With all the supplications which you offer for other persons and things; or at the same time that you pray for them.
Praying also for us. See Barnes |Eph 6:19,20|.
Comp.2 Co 1:11; Php 1:19; Heb 13:18,19.
That God would open unto us a door of utterance. To preach the gospel. He earnestly desired to have liberty to: preach the gospel, and asked them to pray that this might be restored to him. See Barnes |Eph 6:19|.
To speak the mystery of Christ. Called, in Eph 6:19, the |mystery of the gospel. See Barnes |Eph 6:19|.
For which I am also in bonds. A prisoner at Rome, See Barnes |Eph 6:20|.
{+} |praying| |praying at the same time| {d} |open unto us| 2 Th 3:1