Paul replied, “Whether quickly or not, I pray to God that not only you but also all who are listening to me today might become such as I am—except for these chains.”
Philippians 1:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to everyone else that my imprisonment is for Christ, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 so that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So much is this a fact that throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest [here] my imprisonment has become generally known to be in Christ [that I am a prisoner in His service and for Him]. American Standard Version (1901) so that my bonds became manifest in Christ throughout the whole prætorian guard, and to all the rest; Common English Bible The whole Praetorian Guard and everyone else knows that I’m in prison for Christ. Catholic Public Domain Version in such a way that my chains have become manifest in Christ in every place of judgment and in all other such places. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So that my bands are made manifest in Christ, in all the court, and in all other places; |
Paul replied, “Whether quickly or not, I pray to God that not only you but also all who are listening to me today might become such as I am—except for these chains.”
and as they were leaving they said to one another, “This man is doing nothing to deserve death or imprisonment.”
Three days later he called together the local leaders of the Jews. When they had assembled, he said to them, “Brothers, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, yet I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
For this reason therefore I asked to see you and speak with you, since it is for the sake of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
He lived there two whole years at his own expense and welcomed all who came to him,
This is the reason that I, Paul, am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you gentiles,
I, therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,
for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I must speak.
since you are having the same struggle that you saw I had and now hear that I still have.
It is right for me to think this way about all of you, because I hold you in my heart, for all of you are my partners in God’s grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.
for which I suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained.