<p>4:4- see on Mt. 26:35.<br /><em>Pray that I may speak boldly, as I should</em>- As noted on Eph. 6:20, Paul himself admits a tendency not to preach, to hold back from giving his all to fulfil that commission he had received to testify of the Gospel of God's grace (1 Cor. 9:16). He asks his brethren to pray that he would be able to &quot;make it manifest&quot; more than he did (Col. 4:4 cp. Eph. 6:20). As noted on :3, this prayer was powerfully answered in the conversion of slaves and others within Caesar's household. &quot;Speak boldly&quot; is literally 'to manifest'. Paul earlier told the Romans that the Gospel is now made manifest s.w. to all nations (Rom. 16:26, also 2 Cor. 2:14; Tit. 1:3). But this is dependent upon our efforts to make it manifest, and even Paul felt that he was failing in this and needed prayer to achieve what was potentially possible. The Gospel has been made manifest to us (Col. 1:26 s.w.) and we therefore are to manifest it to others. </p>