He exhorts them to be fervent in prayer, to walk wisely with regard to persons who have not yet come to the true knowledge of Christ, and greets them.

² Continue in prayer, and keep vigil in the same with thanksgiving, ³ praying also for us: that God would open for us the door of utterance so that we may speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds; ⁴ that I may speak it as it behoves me to do.