He said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up here in the center.”
Philippians 1:14 - Tree of Life Version Because of my imprisonment, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord to dare more than ever to speak the message fearlessly. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And [also] most of the brethren have derived fresh confidence in the Lord because of my chains and are much more bold to speak and publish fearlessly the Word of God [acting with more freedom and indifference to the consequences]. American Standard Version (1901) and that most of the brethren in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear. Common English Bible Most of the brothers and sisters have had more confidence through the Lord to speak the word boldly and bravely because of my jail time. Catholic Public Domain Version And many from among the brothers in the Lord, becoming confident through my chains, are now much bolder in speaking the Word of God without fear. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And many of the brethren in the Lord, growing confident by my bands, are much more bold to speak the word of God without fear. |
He said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up here in the center.”
Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I have been filled with encouragement. I overflow with joy in all our troubles.
So I ask you not to be discouraged by my troubles on your behalf—they are your glory.
My eager expectation and hope is that in no way will I be put to shame, but that with complete boldness Messiah will even now, as always, be exalted in my body—whether through life or through death.
It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I have you in my heart—for you all are partakers of grace with me, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News.
Therefore, my brothers and sisters whom I love and long for, my joy and crown—stand firm in the Lord in this way, my loved ones.
Tychicus—a dearly loved brother and trustworthy servant and fellow slave to the Lord—will tell you all the news about me.
On the contrary, after we had first suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to tell you the Good News of God—even in the midst of much opposition.
For this I suffer hardship as a criminal, even to the point of chains—though the word of God is not chained.