Ephesians 6:20

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I must speak.

Cross References

Proverbs 13:17

A bad messenger brings trouble, but a faithful envoy, healing.

Isaiah 33:7

Listen! The people of Ariel cry out in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.

Isaiah 58:1

Shout out; do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Announce to my people their rebellion, to the house of Jacob their sins.

Jeremiah 1:17

But you, gird up your loins; stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not break down before them, or I will break you before them.

Jeremiah 40:1

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he took him bound in fetters along with all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.

Acts 21:33

Then the tribune came, arrested him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; he inquired who he was and what he had done.

Acts 26:29

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.”

Acts 28:20

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.”

Acts 28:31

proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance.

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than any human authority.

2 Corinthians 3:12

Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with complete frankness,

2 Corinthians 5:20

So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ: be reconciled to God.

Ephesians 3:1

This is the reason that I, Paul, am a prisoner for Christ Jesus for the sake of you gentiles,

Ephesians 4:1

I, therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

Ephesians 6:19

Pray also for me, so that when I speak a message may be given to me to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,

Philippians 1:20

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.

Philippians 1:7

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.

Colossians 4:3

At the same time, pray for us as well, that God will open to us a door for the word, that we may declare the mystery of Christ, for which I am in prison,

Colossians 4:4

so that I may reveal it clearly, as I should.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

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.

2 Timothy 1:16

May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain;

2 Timothy 2:9

for which I suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained.

Philemon 1:10

I am appealing to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become during my imprisonment.

Philemon 1:9

yet I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love—and I, Paul, do this as an old man and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus.

1 John 3:16

We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters.

Jude 1:3

Beloved, while eagerly preparing to write to you about the salvation we share, I find it necessary to write and appeal to you to contend for the faith that was once and for all handed on to the saints.