Ephesians 6:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

2 Corinthians 5:20

Bonds

Boldly

General references

Philippians 1:13

1 Thessalonians 5:25

Bible References

I am

We are embassadors therefore for Christ, as though God besought you by us; we pray you, for Christ, be reconciled to God.

Bonds

For this cause I Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ for you gentiles,

I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the call with which you were called,

And Paul said, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day were both almost and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

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.

as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you being all partakers of my grace.

May the Lord show mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chains,

in which I suffer even to chains as an evil doer; but the word of God is not bound.

I request you for my son Onesimus, whom I obtained in my bonds,

Boldly

and for me, that a word may be given me at the opening of my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,

What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light, and what you hear in the ear, preach on the house-tops.

And Peter answering, and the apostles, said, It is necessary to obey God rather than man.

preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the doctrines concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance.

that I may declare it plainly, as I ought to speak.

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

but having suffered before, and been injuriously treated, as you know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God with much contention.

By this we have known love, because he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

Beloved, giving all diligence to write to you concerning the common salvation, I was under a necessity to write and exhort you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.

General references

so that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the Praetorium and in all other places,

Brothers, pray for us.