So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”
2 Corinthians 3:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with complete frankness, More versionsKing 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 around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”
“I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures but will tell you plainly of the Father.
His disciples said, “Yes, now you are speaking plainly, not in any figure of speech!
So they remained for a long time speaking boldly for the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace by granting signs and wonders to be done through them.
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized them as companions of Jesus.
But Barnabas took him, brought him to the apostles, and described for them how on the road he had seen the Lord, who had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.
He spoke and argued with the Hellenists, but they were attempting to kill him.
nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind, in order to instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
I myself, Paul, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you but bold toward you when I am away!—
for if what was set aside came through glory, much more has the permanent come in glory!
But just as we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture—“I believed, and so I spoke”—we also believe, and therefore we also speak,
I am being completely frank with you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with consolation; I am overjoyed in all our affliction.
and most of the brothers and sisters, having been made confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, dare to speak the word with greater boldness and without fear.
It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be put to shame in any way but that by my speaking with all boldness Christ will be exalted now as always in my body, whether by life or by death.
but though we had already suffered and been shamefully mistreated at Philippi, as you know, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of great opposition.
for those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
For this reason, though I am more than bold enough in Christ to command you to do the right thing,