Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

For this cause therefore I have called you to me to see and to speak to you; for on account of the hope of Israel I have this chain about me.

New American Standard Bible

For this reason, therefore, I requested to see you and to speak with you, for I am wearing this chain for the sake of the hope of Israel.”

King James Version

For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

Holman Bible

For this reason I’ve asked to see you and speak to you. In fact, it is for the hope of Israel that I’m wearing this chain.”

International Standard Version

That's why I asked to see you and speak with you, since it is for the hope of Israel that I'm wearing this chain."

A Conservative Version

Because of this reason therefore I summoned you to see and to speak with me, for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

American Standard Version

For this cause therefore did I entreat you to see and to speak with me : for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

Amplified

For this reason I have asked to see you and talk with you, since it is for the sake of the hope of Israel (the Messiah, the resurrection) that I am bound with this chain.”

An Understandable Version

It was for this reason that I requested to see you and talk with you, for I am wearing this chain because of the hope held by the Israelites."

Anderson New Testament

For this reason, I called for you, that I might see you and speak to you; for on account of the hope of Israel, I am bound with this chain.

Bible in Basic English

But for this reason I sent for you, to see and have talk with you: for because of the hope of Israel I am in these chains.

Common New Testament

For this reason therefore I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain."

Daniel Mace New Testament

for this reason I desir'd to see and talk with you; it being for the expectation of Israel that I am subject to this chain."

Godbey New Testament

Then for this cause I have called you, to see you, and talk to you: for on account of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

Goodspeed New Testament

That is why I asked to see you and speak with you, for it is on account of Israel's hope that I have to wear this chain."

John Wesley New Testament

For this cause therefore have I intreated, to see and speak with you; for it is on account of the hope of Israel, that I am bound with this chain.

Julia Smith Translation

For this cause therefore I besought to see you, and to speak: for, for the hope of Israel am I surrounded by this chain.

King James 2000

For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Therefore for this reason I have requested to see you and to speak with [you], for because of the hope of Israel I am wearing this chain!"

Modern King James verseion

For this cause, then, I called for you, to see and to speak with you. For I have this chain around me for the hope of Israel.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For this cause have I called for you, even to see you, and to speak with you. Because that for the hope of Israel, I am bound with this chain."

Moffatt New Testament

This is my reason for asking to see you and have a word with you. I am wearing this chain because I share Israel's hope."

Montgomery New Testament

This is the reason why I begged you to see and speak with me. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain."

NET Bible

So for this reason I have asked to see you and speak with you, for I am bound with this chain because of the hope of Israel."

New Heart English Bible

For this cause therefore I asked to see you and to speak with you. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain."

Noyes New Testament

For this reason therefore I have called for you, to see you and speak to you; for it is on account of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.

Sawyer New Testament

For this reason, therefore, I have called you to see and converse with you, because I am loaded with this chain on account of the hope of Israel.

The Emphasized Bible

For this cause, therefore, have I called for you, to see and to speak with you; for, on account of the hope of Israel, this chain, have I about me!

Thomas Haweis New Testament

For this cause therefore have I invited you hither, to see and to converse with you; for on account of the hope of Israel am I bound with this chain.

Twentieth Century New Testament

This, then, is my reason for urging you to come to see me and talk with me; because it is for the sake of the Hope of Israel that I am here in chains."

Webster

For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

Weymouth New Testament

For these reasons, then, I have invited you here, that I might see you and speak to you; for it is for the sake of Him who is the hope of Israel that this chain hangs upon me."

Williams New Testament

Now it is for this reason that I invited you to come, namely, to see you and speak with you, for it is on account of Israel's hope that I am wearing this chain."

World English Bible

For this cause therefore I asked to see you and to speak with you. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain."

Worrell New Testament

For this cause, therefore, I called for you, to see and to speak with you: for, on account of the hope of Israel, I am encompassed with this chain."

Worsley New Testament

For this reason therefore I desired to see and to speak to you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

Youngs Literal Translation

for this cause, therefore, I called for you to see and to speak with you, for because of the hope of Israel with this chain I am bound.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
διά 
Dia 
by, through, with, for, for ... sake, therefore , for this cause , because,
Usage: 527

οὗτος οὗτοι αὕτη αὕται 
Houtos 
οὗτος οὗτοι αὕτη αὕται 
Houtos 
this, these, he, the same, this man, she, they,
this, these, he, the same, this man, she, they,
Usage: 258
Usage: 258

αἰτία 
Aitia 
Usage: 20

οὖν 
Oun 
therefore, then, so, and, now, wherefore, but, not tr,
Usage: 417

παρακαλέω 
Parakaleo 
Usage: 102

ὑμᾶς 
Humas 
you, ye, for your sakes Trans, not tr,
Usage: 314

to see
εἴδω 
Eido 
Usage: 519

you, and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

to speak with
προσλαλέω 
Proslaleo 
speak to, speak with
Usage: 2

ἕνεκα ἕνεκεν εἵνεκεν 
heneka 
for ... sake, for ... cause, for, because 9, wherefore , by reason of, that ... might
Usage: 8

for
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

the hope
ἐλπίς 
Elpis 
Usage: 54

of Israel
Ἰσραήλ 
Israel 
Usage: 57

I am bound with
περίκειμαι 
Perikeimai 
be hanged, be bound with, be compassed with, be compassed about with Trans
Usage: 2

Context Readings

Paul And The Jewish Community In Rome

19 But the Jews speaking against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, not as having anything to accuse my nation of. 20 For this cause therefore I have called you to me to see and to speak to you; for on account of the hope of Israel I have this chain about me. 21 And they said to him, For our part, we have neither received letters from Judaea concerning thee, nor has any one of the brethren who has arrived reported or said anything evil concerning thee.


Cross References

Acts 21:33

Then the chiliarch came up and laid hold upon him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he might be, and what he had done.

Acts 23:6

But Paul, knowing that the one part of them were of the Sadducees and the other of the Pharisees, cried out in the council, Brethren, I am a Pharisee, son of Pharisees: I am judged concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead.

Acts 26:6-7

And now I stand to be judged because of the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,

Acts 26:29

And Paul said, I would to God, both in little and in much, that not only thou, but all who have heard me this day, should become such as I also am, except these bonds.

Ephesians 6:20

for which I am an ambassador bound with a chain, that I may be bold in it as I ought to speak.

Acts 10:29

Wherefore also, having been sent for, I came without saying anything against it. I inquire therefore for what reason ye have sent for me.

Acts 10:33

Immediately therefore I sent to thee, and thou hast well done in coming. Now therefore we are all present before God to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.

Acts 24:15

having hope towards God, which they themselves also receive, that there is to be a resurrection both of just and unjust.

Acts 28:17

And it came to pass after three days, that he called together those who were the chief of the Jews; and when they had come together he said to them, Brethren, I having done nothing against the people or the customs of our forefathers, have been delivered a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

Ephesians 3:1

For this reason I Paul, prisoner of the Christ Jesus for you nations,

Ephesians 4:1

I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye have been called,

Philippians 1:13

so that my bonds have become manifest as being in Christ in all the praetorium and to all others;

Colossians 4:18

The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you.

2 Timothy 1:10

but has been made manifest now by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who has annulled death, and brought to light life and incorruptibility by the glad tidings;

2 Timothy 2:9

in which I suffer even unto bonds as an evil-doer: but the word of God is not bound.

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