So the Jews gathered round him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
2 Corinthians 3:12 - Revised Standard Version Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Since we have such [glorious] hope (such joyful and confident expectation), we speak very freely and openly and fearlessly. American Standard Version (1901) Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech, Common English Bible So, since we have such a hope, we act with great confidence. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, having such a hope, we act with much confidence, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Having therefore such hope, we use much confidence: |
So the Jews gathered round him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
“I have said this to you in figures; the hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures but tell you plainly of the Father.
His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly, not in any figure!
So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who bore witness to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they wondered; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus.
But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how on the road he had seen the Lord, who spoke to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.
preaching boldly in the name of the Lord. And he spoke and disputed against the Hellenists; but they were seeking to kill him.
nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind, in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold to you when I am away! —
For if what faded away came with splendor, what is permanent must have much more splendor.
Since we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we too believe, and so we speak,
I have great confidence in you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. With all our affliction, I am overjoyed.
and most of the brethren have been made confident in the Lord because of my imprisonment, and are much more bold to speak the word of God without fear.
as it is my eager expectation and hope that I shall not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.
but though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the face of great opposition.
for those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Accordingly, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do what is required,