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, And a faithful ambassador is healing.

Lo, 'Their Ariel,' they have cried without, Messengers of peace do weep bitterly.

in behalf of Christ, then, we are ambassadors, as if God were calling through us, we beseech, in behalf of Christ, 'Be ye reconciled to God;'

Bonds

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

Call upon you, then, do I -- the prisoner of the Lord -- to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,

and David saith, 'I do kindness with Hanun son of Nahash, as his father did with me kindness;' and David sendeth to comfort him by the hand of his servants concerning his father, and the servants of David come in to the land of the Bene-Ammon.

and Paul said, 'I would have wished to God, both in a little, and in much, not only thee, but also all those hearing me to-day, to become such as I also am -- except these bonds.'

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.'

according as it is righteous for me to think this in behalf of you all, because of my having you in the heart, both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the good news, all of you being fellow-partakers with me of grace.

may the Lord give kindness to the house of Onesiphorus, because many times he did refresh me, and of my chain was not ashamed,

in which I suffer evil -- unto bonds, as an evil-doer, but the word of God hath not been bound;

I entreat thee concerning my child -- whom I did beget in my bonds -- Onesimus,

Boldly

and in behalf of me, that to me may be given a word in the opening of my mouth, in freedom, to make known the secret of the good news,

Call with the throat, restrain not, As a trumpet lift up thy voice, And declare to My people their transgression, And to the house of Jacob their sins;

And Jehovah saith unto me, 'Do not say, I am a youth, for to all to whom I send thee thou goest, and all that I command thee thou speakest.

And the sons are brazen-faced and hard-hearted to whom I am sending thee, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah:

that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, 'To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

preaching the reign of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness -- unforbidden.

that I may manifest it, as it behoveth me to speak;

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, and in all freedom, as always, also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death,

but having both suffered before, and having been injuriously treated (as ye have known) in Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the good news of God in much conflict,

in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;

Beloved, all diligence using to write to you concerning the common salvation, I had necessity to write to you, exhorting to agonize for the faith once delivered to the saints,

General references

And Jeremiah commandeth Baruch, saying, 'I am restrained, I am not able to enter the house of Jehovah;

so that my bonds have become manifest in Christ in the whole praetorium, and to the other places -- all,

Brethren, pray for us;