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

2 Corinthians 5:20

Bonds

Boldly

General references

Philippians 1:13

1 Thessalonians 5:25

Bible References

I am

On behalf of Christ, therefore, we are ambassadors, as though God were beseeching through us, we entreat 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 exhort you to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,

And Paul said, "I could pray God, that, both in a small degree and in a great degree, not only you, but also all who hear me this day, may become such as I am, except these chains!"

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."

even as it is right for me to think this in behalf of you all; because ye have me in your heart, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Gospel, all of you being partakers with me of the grace.

The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus; because he ofttimes refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;

wherein I am suffering hardship, even to bonds, as a malefactor; but the Word of God has not become bound.

I beseech you for my child, whom I begat in my bonds, Onesimus,

Boldly

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

What I am saying to you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, preach on the housetops.

But Peter and the apostles, answering, said, "It is proper to obey God rather than men.

preaching the Kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ, with all freedom of speech, without hindrance.

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

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

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

In this we have known the love, that He laid down His soul in our behalf; and we ought to lay down our souls in behalf of the brethren.

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

General references

that my bonds became manifest in Christ in the whole praetorium, and to all the rest;

Brethren, pray for us.