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Ephesians 6:20

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Because of the good news, I’m being held in chains as the Lord’s messenger. So pray that I will preach the good news boldly, as I should.

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So we are Christ’s official messengers. It’s as if God were making his appeal through us. So we beg you, on Christ’s behalf: Come back to God!

Pray that I will preach it clearly, as I should.

and I’m suffering for it like a criminal in these chains. But God’s word isn’t being held back by chains.

It’s right for me to feel this way about all of you. You have a special place in my heart. Whether I’m being held in chains or standing up for the truth of the good news, either way, all of you share together in God’s grace with me.

“Whether it takes a short time or a long time,” Paul replied, “I pray to God that you and everyone listening to me today may become like me—except for these chains!”

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ gave his life for us. So we should give our own lives for our brothers and sisters.

May the Lord show mercy to all who live in the house of Onesiphorus. He has often encouraged me. He wasn’t ashamed of me, even though I was being held in chains.

Earlier, in the city of Philippi, we suffered and the people treated us very badly, as you also know. But God still gave us the boldness to tell you his good news, even when people strongly opposed us.

I truly expect and hope that I won’t be ashamed in any way, but that I’ll be brave enough so that now as always, Christ will be honored in my body, whether I live or die.

Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, the right words will be given to me so I can explain the mystery of the good news boldly.

As a prisoner of the Lord, I ask you to live a life worthy of the purposes God has chosen you to fulfill.

I, Paul, am in prison because of my work on behalf of you Gentiles. That’s how I’m serving Christ Jesus.

He proclaimed the kingdom of God boldly and taught people about the Lord Jesus Christ. And no one kept him from teaching and preaching about those things.

So I’ve asked to see you and talk with you. I am bound with this chain because I share Israel’s hope.”

Peter and the other apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than people!

Dear friends, I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share. But I felt that I had to write and urge you to stand up for the faith that God’s holy people have been trusted with once and for all time.

Simply as that person, I want to appeal to you on behalf of my son Onesimus. He became a son to me while I was being held in chains.

The commander came up and arrested Paul. He ordered him to be held with two chains. Then he asked who Paul was and what he had done.

Since we have that kind of hope, we are very bold.

Pray for us too. Ask God to open a door for our message so that we can preach the mystery of Christ, for which I’m being held in chains.

But I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love. I, Paul, am an old man, and now I’m also a prisoner of Christ Jesus.




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