And I have a right to feel in this way about you all, because both when I am in prison and when I am defending and vindicating our right to preach the good news, I have you in my heart as all sharing that privilege with me.

I do not mean this as a reflection upon you, for as I said before, you will always have a place in my heart whether I live or die.

except that in every town I visit, the holy Spirit warns me that imprisonment and persecution are awaiting me.

This is why I, Paul, whom Jesus the Christ has made a prisoner for the sake of you heathen??2 if at least you have heard how I dealt with the mercy of God that was given me for you,

for the sake of which I am an envoy, and in prison. Pray that, when I tell it, I may have the courage to speak as I ought.

over your co-operation in the good news from the day you first received it until now.

These latter do it from love for me, for they know that God has put me where I am to defend our right to preach the good news.

But it was very kind of you to share my difficulties.

This farewell is in my own hand, from Paul. Remember that I am in prison. God bless you.

for the sake of which I even suffer imprisonment as a criminal. But God's message is not imprisoned!

After beating them severely, they put them in jail, and gave the jailer orders to keep close watch of them.

Then the colonel came up and seized him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains, and then inquired who he was and what he had been doing.

And I do it all for the sake of the good news, so that I may share in its blessings along with the rest.

It will bear anything, believe anything, hope for anything, endure anything.

You are my recommendations, written on my heart, for everybody to read and understand.

For in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor the want of it counts for anything, but only faith acting through love.

So I, the prisoner for the Lord's sake, appeal to you to live lives worthy of the summons you have received;

Pray for me too, that God may give me an opening for the message, and let me tell the secret of Christ on account of which I am kept in prison

We always thank God for you all when we mention you in our prayers,

You all belong to the light and the day. We have nothing to do with night or with darkness.

So you must not be ashamed to testify to our Lord, nor be ashamed of me who am in prison for his sake, but join with me in suffering for the good news, through the power of God.

Therefore, my fellow-Christians, who have likewise heard the heavenly invitation, observe how faithful Jesus, the commissioner and high priest of our religion,

But about you, dear friends, even though we say this, we are sure of better things that promise salvation.

sometimes being actually exposed as a public spectacle to insults and violence, and sometimes showing yourselves ready to share the lot of those in that condition.

but be glad that you are in a measure sharing the sufferings of the Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may be triumphantly happy.

I appeal therefore to those who are elders among you; I am their brother-elder and a witness to what the Christ suffered, and I am to share in the glory that is to be revealed??2 be shepherds of the flock of God that is among you, not as though it were forced upon you but of your own free will, and not from base love of gain but freely,

Yet I think it right, as long as I live in my present tent, to arouse you by a reminder,

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love is still in death.

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Even as it is meet for me to think this 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 of my grace.

I have you in my heart

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It is

It will bear anything, believe anything, hope for anything, endure anything.
We always thank God for you all when we mention you in our prayers,
You all belong to the light and the day. We have nothing to do with night or with darkness.
But about you, dear friends, even though we say this, we are sure of better things that promise salvation.

Because

You are my recommendations, written on my heart, for everybody to read and understand.
I do not mean this as a reflection upon you, for as I said before, you will always have a place in my heart whether I live or die.

I have you in my heart

For in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor the want of it counts for anything, but only faith acting through love.
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love is still in death.

As

After beating them severely, they put them in jail, and gave the jailer orders to keep close watch of them.
except that in every town I visit, the holy Spirit warns me that imprisonment and persecution are awaiting me.
This is why I, Paul, whom Jesus the Christ has made a prisoner for the sake of you heathen??2 if at least you have heard how I dealt with the mercy of God that was given me for you,
So I, the prisoner for the Lord's sake, appeal to you to live lives worthy of the summons you have received;
for the sake of which I am an envoy, and in prison. Pray that, when I tell it, I may have the courage to speak as I ought.
Pray for me too, that God may give me an opening for the message, and let me tell the secret of Christ on account of which I am kept in prison
So you must not be ashamed to testify to our Lord, nor be ashamed of me who am in prison for his sake, but join with me in suffering for the good news, through the power of God.
for the sake of which I even suffer imprisonment as a criminal. But God's message is not imprisoned!
sometimes being actually exposed as a public spectacle to insults and violence, and sometimes showing yourselves ready to share the lot of those in that condition.

And in

But the others are preaching the Christ not sincerely but for their own ends, imagining that they are making my imprisonment harder to bear.
But it was very kind of you to share my difficulties.

Partakers of my

over your co-operation in the good news from the day you first received it until now.
And I do it all for the sake of the good news, so that I may share in its blessings along with the rest.
Therefore, my fellow-Christians, who have likewise heard the heavenly invitation, observe how faithful Jesus, the commissioner and high priest of our religion,
but be glad that you are in a measure sharing the sufferings of the Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may be triumphantly happy.
I appeal therefore to those who are elders among you; I am their brother-elder and a witness to what the Christ suffered, and I am to share in the glory that is to be revealed??2 be shepherds of the flock of God that is among you, not as though it were forced upon you but of your own free will, and not from base love of gain but freely,

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