Parallel Verses

An Understandable Version

Remember [to pray for and help] those who are in prison, as though you [yourselves] were in prison with them. [Remember] those who are being mistreated, realizing that you [yourselves] also share [with them] a physical body [i.e., you are subject to the same kind of trials].

New American Standard Bible

Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves also are in the body.

King James Version

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

Holman Bible

Remember the prisoners, as though you were in prison with them, and the mistreated, as though you yourselves were suffering bodily.

International Standard Version

Continue to remember those in prison as if you were in prison with them, as well as those who are mistreated, since they also are only mortal.

A Conservative Version

Remember the prisoners as being in bondage together, those who are ill-treated as also yourselves being in the body.

American Standard Version

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; them that are illtreated, as being yourselves also in the body.

Amplified

Remember those who are in prison, as if you were their fellow prisoner, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body [and subject to physical suffering].

Anderson New Testament

Remember those who are in bonds, as if you yourselves had been bound, and those who suffer affliction, since you yourselves are in the body.

Bible in Basic English

Keep in mind those who are in chains, as if you were chained with them, and those who are in trouble, as being yourselves in the body.

Common New Testament

Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves are also in the body.

Daniel Mace New Testament

remember those that are in chains, as if you were confin'd with them; and those who suffer adversity, as being your selves of the same body.

Darby Translation

Remember prisoners, as bound with them; those that are evil-treated, as being yourselves also in the body.

Godbey New Testament

Remember those bound, as having been bound along with them; those suffering persecutions, as you yourselves being also in the body.

Goodspeed New Testament

Remember those who are in prison as though you were in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated as being yourselves liable to the same trials.

John Wesley New Testament

Remember them that are in bonds, as being bound with them, and them that suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

Julia Smith Translation

Remember them in bonds as bound together with them; them treated ill, as the same being in the body.

King James 2000

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them who suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Remember the prisoners, as [though you were] fellow-prisoners; [remember] the mistreated, as [though] [you] yourselves also are being [mistreated] in the body.

Modern King James verseion

Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them, those who suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Remember them that are in bonds, even as though ye were bound with them. Be mindful of them which are in adversity, as ye which are yet in your bodies.

Moffatt New Testament

Remember prisoners, as if you were in prison yourselves; remember those who are being ill-treated, since you too are in the body.

Montgomery New Testament

Remember those who are in prison, as if you were fellow prisoners; remember too, those who are being ill-treated, since you too, are in the body.

NET Bible

Remember those in prison as though you were in prison with them, and those ill-treated as though you too felt their torment.

New Heart English Bible

Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.

Noyes New Testament

Remember those in bonds, as bound with them; those in distress, as being yourselves also in the body.

Sawyer New Testament

Remember those bound as bound with them, and those injured as being yourselves also in the body.

The Emphasized Bible

Bear in mind them who are in bonds, as having become jointly bound, - them who are suffering ill-treatment, as being yourselves also in the body.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Remember those who are in chains, as in chains with them; and those who are suffering afflictions, as being yourselves also in the body.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Remember the prisoners, as if you were their fellow-prisoners, and the oppressed, not forgetting that you also are still in the body.

Webster

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them who suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

Weymouth New Testament

Remember prisoners, as if you were in prison with them; and remember those suffering ill-treatment, for you yourselves also are still in the body.

Williams New Testament

Continue to remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them, and those who are being ill-treated, since you, too, are liable to similar physical punishment.

World English Bible

Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.

Worrell New Testament

Remember the prisoners, as bound with them; those ill-treated, as being yourselves also in the body.

Worsley New Testament

Remember those that are in bonds, as if bound with them: and those that suffer evil as being yourselves also in the body.

Youngs Literal Translation

be mindful of those in bonds, as having been bound with them, of those maltreated, as also yourselves being in the body;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
μιμνήσκω 
Mimnesko 
Usage: 2

δέσμιος 
Desmios 
prisoner, be in bonds, in bonds
Usage: 16

as
ὡς 
Hos 
ὡς 
Hos 
as, when, how, as it were, about,
as, when, how, as it were, about,
Usage: 417
Usage: 417

bound with them
συνδέω 
sundeo 
bound with
Usage: 1

κακουχέω 
Kakoucheo 
Usage: 2

ὤν οὖσα ὄν 
On 
being, when ... was, which is, that is, not tr,
Usage: 128


Usage: 0


and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

References

Context Readings

Concluding Ethical Instructions

2 Do not forget to show hospitality toward strangers, for by doing this, some people have entertained angels without realizing it. 3 Remember [to pray for and help] those who are in prison, as though you [yourselves] were in prison with them. [Remember] those who are being mistreated, realizing that you [yourselves] also share [with them] a physical body [i.e., you are subject to the same kind of trials]. 4 Marriage should be considered honorable among all people and its sexual responsibilities should be faithfully kept. For God will judge [and condemn] those people who are sexually immoral and who are sexually unfaithful to their mates.


Cross References

Matthew 25:36

when I was without adequate clothing, you gave me something to wear; [when] I was sick, you came to visit me; [when] I was in prison, you came to see me.'

Colossians 4:18

This greeting [is being written] by me, Paul, in my own handwriting. Remember my imprisonment. [Note: This was probably a request for them to pray for him]. May God's favor be with you.

Hebrews 10:34

For you showed sympathy for those who were in prison and accepted it joyfully when your [own] possessions were taken away, [because] you knew that you yourselves had a better and more permanent possession [in heaven].

Acts 16:29-34

The jailor called for torches [to be brought], then rushed in [to the cell block], shaking with fear, and fell down [on his knees] before Paul and Silas.

Matthew 25:43

[when] I came [to you as] a stranger, you did not give me a place to stay; [when I] did not have adequate clothing, you did not give me anything to wear; when I was sick, or in prison, you did not visit me.'

Acts 24:23

So, he ordered his officer to keep Paul in custody, yet with some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from ministering to his needs.

Acts 27:3

The next day we stopped at Sidon [i.e., a seaport on the northwest coast of Palestine]. Julius treated Paul with kindness, [even] giving him the opportunity to meet his friends [there] and receive help [from them].

Romans 12:15

Be happy with those who are joyful. Cry with those who are sad.

1 Corinthians 12:26

So, if one part [i.e., one Christian] suffers, then all the parts [i.e., the other Christians] should suffer with it. Or, if one part is honored, all the [other] parts should rejoice with it.

Galatians 6:1-2

Brothers, if any one of you is overwhelmed by a [particular] sin, those of you who are spiritually minded should [attempt to] restore such a person [to faithfulness]. But do it in a gentle way, being very careful that you yourself do not become tempted [to get involved in any sin].

Ephesians 4:1

I urge you, therefore, as a prisoner of the Lord, to live in a way that measures up to [the standard required by] God when He called you.

Philippians 4:14-19

Nevertheless, it was really good of you people to share [with me] during my troubles [i.e., imprisonment].

2 Timothy 1:16-18

[But], may the Lord grant mercy to Onesiphorus' family, for he cheered me up many times and was not ashamed of my [being in] chains.

1 Peter 3:8

Now to summarize: All of you should think alike. Be sympathetically understanding [toward one another]. Be loving toward [your] brothers [and sisters]. Be tender-hearted and humble-minded.

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