Sha'ul said, *I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these bonds.*
Philippians 1:13 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) so that it became evident to the whole praetorian guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Messiah; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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; |
Sha'ul said, *I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these bonds.*
When they had withdrawn, they spoke one to another, saying, *This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.*
It happened that after three days Sha'ul called together those who were the Jewish leaders. When they had come together, he said to them, *I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Yerushalayim into the hands of the Romans,
For this cause therefore I asked to see you and to speak with you. For because of the hope of Yisra'el I am bound with this chain.*
Sha'ul stayed two whole years in his own rented house, and received all who were coming to him,
For this cause I, Sha'ul, am the prisoner of Messiah Yeshua on behalf of you Gentiles,
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,
for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.
All the holy ones greet you, especially those who are of Caesar's household.
in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God's word isn't chained.