Colossians 4:2 (WEB)
Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving,
Catechism · 2
In the Age of the Church
“…thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you"; "Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving."” — Catechism footnote: 1 Thess 5:18; Col 4:2.
The Seven Petitions
“The Holy Spirit constantly seeks to awaken us to keep watch.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 1 Cor 16:13; Col 4:2; 1 Thess 5:6; 1 Pet 5:8.
Fathers and councils · 6
Cyprian of Carthage
“Let us therefore strike off and break away from the bonds of sleep, and pray with urgency and watchfulness, as the Apostle Paul bids us, saying, “Continue in prayer, and watch in the same.”” — editor's note: Col. iv. 2.
Read the whole comment“In the Epistle of Paul to the Colossians: “Be instant in prayer, and watch therein.”” — editor's note: Col. iv. 2.
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Jerome
“Paul says: “continue in prayer and watch in the same,” and in another place he speaks of himself as “in watchings often.”” — editor's note: Col. iv. 2.
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Tertullian
“…went up on the roof; and the ninth, at which they entered the temple: why should we not understand that, with absolutely perfect indifference, we must pray always, and everywhere, and at every time; yet still that these three hours, as being more marked in things human—(hours) which divide the day, which…” — editor's note: The reference is to Eph. vi. 18; Col. iv. 2; 1 Thess. v. 17; Luke xviii. 1.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”” — editor's note: Col. iv. 2, 5, 9.
Read the whole comment““Continue in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving.”” — editor's note: Col. iv. 2.
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in Catechism §2638.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.121.