Ephesians 6:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁰ for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ for which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ For which I am an ambassador in a coupling chain [in prison. Pray] that I may declare it boldly and courageously, as I ought to do.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

Common English Bible

²⁰ I’m an ambassador in chains for the sake of the gospel. Pray so that the Lord will give me the confidence to say what I have to say.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ in such a manner that I may dare to speak exactly as I ought to speak. For I act as an ambassador in chains for the Gospel.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ For which I am an ambassador in a chain, so that therein I may be bold to speak according as I ought.

Ephesians 6:20 Cross References

Proverbs 13:17

A wicked messenger falleth into evil: But a faithful ambassador is health.

Isaiah 33:7

Behold, their valiant ones cry without: the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.

Isaiah 58:1

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.

Jeremiah 1:17

Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at them, lest I dismay thee before them.

Jeremiah 40:1

The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon.

Acts 21:33

Then the chief captain came near, and laid hold on him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and inquired who he was, and what he had done.

Acts 26:29

And Paul said, I would to God, that whether with little or with much, not thou only, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except these bonds.

Acts 28:20

For this cause therefore did I entreat you to see and to speak with me: for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

Acts 28:31

preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, none forbidding him.

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men.

2 Corinthians 3:12

Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,

2 Corinthians 5:20

We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beseech you on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.

Ephesians 3:1

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles,--

Ephesians 4:1

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,

Ephesians 6:19

And on my behalf, that utterance may be given unto me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,

Philippians 1:20

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

Philippians 1:7

even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf 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 with me of grace.

Colossians 4:3

withal praying for us also, that God may open unto us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds;

Colossians 4:4

that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

but having suffered before, and been shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict.

2 Timothy 1:16

The Lord grant mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus: for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;

2 Timothy 2:9

wherein I suffer hardship unto bonds, as a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound.

Philemon 1:10

I beseech thee for my child, whom I have begotten in my bonds, Onesimus,

Philemon 1:9

yet for love's sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:

1 John 3:16

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Jude 1:3

Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.