Ephesians 6:20

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Summary

Ephesians 6:20

For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

I am

Proverbs 13:17

Isaiah 33:7

2 Corinthians 5:20

Bonds

Boldly

General references

Jeremiah 36:5

Philippians 1:13

1 Thessalonians 5:25

Bible References

I am

A wicked messenger falleth into evil; But a faithful ambassador is health.

Behold, their valiant ones cry without; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.

We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beseech you on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.

Bonds

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,--

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,

And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness unto me. So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

And Paul'said , I would to God, that whether with little or with much, not thou only, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except these bonds.

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.

even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as, both in my bonds and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers with me of grace.

The Lord grant mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus: for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;

wherein I suffer hardship unto bonds, as a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound.

I beseech thee for my child, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimus,

Boldly

And on my behalf, that utterance may be given unto me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.

But Jehovah said unto me, Say not, I am a child; for to whomsoever I shall send thee thou shalt go, and whatsoever I shall command thee thou shalt speak.

And the children are impudent and stiffhearted: I do sent thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah.

What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops.

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, none forbidding him.

that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always,'so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict.

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.

General references

And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of Jehovah:

so that my bonds became manifest in Christ throughout the whole praetorian guard, and to all the rest;

Brethren, pray for us.