Ephesians 6:20

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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.

Cross References

Proverbs 13:17

The messenger of the impious will fall into evil. But a faithful ambassador shall prosper.

Isaiah 33:7

Behold, outside, those who see will cry out. The Angels of peace will weep bitterly.

Isaiah 58:1

Cry out! Cease not! Exalt your voice like a trumpet, and announce to my people their wicked acts, and to the house of Jacob their sins.

Jeremiah 1:17

Therefore, you should gird your waist, and rise up, and speak to them everything that I instruct you. You should not have dread before their face. For I will cause you to be unafraid of their countenance.

Jeremiah 40:1

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after Nebuzaradan, the leader of the military, had released him from Ramah, where he had taken him, bound in chains, along with all those who were being carried away from Jerusalem and from Judah, and were being led to Babylon.

Acts 21:33

Then the tribune, drawing near, apprehended him and ordered that he be bound with two chains. And he was asking who he was and what he had done.

Acts 26:29

And Paul said, "I hope to God that, both to a small extent and to a great extent, not only you, but also all those who hear me this day will become just as I also am, except for these chains."

Acts 28:20

And so, because of this, I requested to see you and to speak to you. For it is because of the hope of Israel that I am encircled with this chain."

Acts 28:31

preaching the kingdom of God and teaching the things which are from the Lord Jesus Christ, with all faithfulness, without prohibition.

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the Apostles responded by saying: "It is necessary to obey God, more so than men.

2 Corinthians 3:12

Therefore, having such a hope, we act with much confidence,

2 Corinthians 5:20

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, so that God is exhorting through us. We beseech you for Christ: be reconciled to God.

Ephesians 3:1

By reason of this grace, I, Paul, am a prisoner of Jesus Christ, for the sake of you Gentiles.

Ephesians 4:1

And so, as a prisoner in the Lord, I beg you to walk in a manner worthy of the vocation to which you have been called:

Ephesians 6:19

and also for me, so that words may be given to me, as I open my mouth with faith to make known the mystery of the Gospel,

Philippians 1:20

by means of my own expectation and hope. For in nothing shall I be confounded. Instead, with all confidence, now just as always, Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

Philippians 1:7

So then, it is right for me to feel this way about all of you, because I hold you in my heart, and because, in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the Gospel, you all are partakers of my joy.

Colossians 4:3

Pray together, for us also, so that God may open a door of speech to us, so as to speak the mystery of Christ, (because of which, even now, I am in chains)

Colossians 4:4

so that I may manifest it in the manner that I ought to speak.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

Instead, having previously suffered and been treated shamefully, as you know, at Philippi, we had confidence in our God, so as to speak the Gospel of God to you with much solicitude.

2 Timothy 1:16

May the Lord have mercy on the house of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me, and he has not been ashamed of my chains.

2 Timothy 2:9

I labor in this Gospel, even while chained like an evildoer. But the Word of God is not bound.

Philemon 1:10

I beg you, on behalf of my son, whom I have begotten in my chains, Onesimus.

Philemon 1:9

but I beg you instead, for the sake of charity, since you are so much like Paul: an old man and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

1 John 3:16

We know the love of God in this way: because he laid down his life for us. And so, we must lay down our lives for our brothers.

Jude 1:3

Most beloved, taking all care to write to you about your common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you in order to beg you to contend earnestly for the faith that was handed down once to the saints.