Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

For I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.

Even

Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.

And for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,

But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened to me have fallen out rather to the furtherance of the gospel;

Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you;

But

For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.

At the same time praying also for us, that God would open to us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:

General references

And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am confined, I cannot go into the house of the LORD:

Then came the word of the LORD to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,