Ephesians 6:20

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Whereof I am messenger in bondes, that therein I may speake freely, as I ought to speake.

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  • 2 Cor 5:20 : 20 Nowe then are we messengers in the rowme of Christe, euen as though God dyd beseche you through vs. So praye we you in Christes steade, that ye be reconciled vnto God.
  • Acts 28:20 : 20 For this cause then haue I called for you, euen to see you and to speake with you: because that for the hope of Israel, I am bounde with this chayne.
  • Phil 1:7 : 7 As it becommeth me to iudge this of you al, because I haue you in my heart, and in my bondes, in the defence and confirmation of the Gospell, you all beyng partakers of my grace.
  • Eph 3:1 : 1 For this cause I Paul am a prisoner of Iesus Christe, for you heathen:
  • Col 4:4 : 4 That I may vtter it, as I ought to speake.
  • Phlm 1:10 : 10 I beseche thee for my sonne Onesimus, whom I haue begotten in my bondes:
  • 1 John 3:16 : 16 Hereby perceaue we loue, because he layde downe his lyfe for vs, & we ought to lay downe our lyues for the brethren.
  • Jude 1:3 : 3 Beloued, when I gaue all diligence to write vnto you of the common saluation, it was nedeful for me to write vnto you, to exhorte you, that ye shoulde earnestly contende for the fayth which was once geuen vnto the saintes.
  • 1 Thess 2:2 : 2 But euen after that we had suffred before, and were shamefully entreated as ye knowe, at Philippos, we were bolde in our God, to speake vnto you the Gospell of God, in much stryuyng.
  • 2 Tim 1:16 : 16 The Lorde geue mercie vnto ye house of Onesiphorus, for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chayne.
  • 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 Wherin I suffer trouble as an euyll doer, euen vnto bondes: But the worde of God is not bounde.
  • Eph 4:1 : 1 I therfore, a prisoner in the Lorde, exhorte you, that ye walke worthy of the vocatio wherewith ye are called,
  • Eph 6:19 : 19 And for me, that vtteraunce may be geue vnto me, yt I may open my mouth freely, to vtter ye secretes of the Gospell.
  • Phil 1:13-14 : 13 So that my bondes in Christe, are manifest, throughout all the iudgement hall, and in all other places. 14 And many of the brethren of the Lord, beyng incouraged through my bondes, dare more plentifully speake the word, without feare.
  • Phil 1:20 : 20 Accordyng to my expectation, and my hope, yt in nothyng I shalbe ashamed: but yt with all boldnesse, as alwayes, so now also, Christ shalbe magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
  • Acts 28:31 : 31 Preachyng the kyngdome of God, and teachyng those thynges which concerne the Lorde Iesus Christe, with all confidence, no man forbyddyng hym.
  • 2 Sam 10:2-6 : 2 Then saide Dauid: I will shewe kindnesse vnto Hanon the sonne of Nahas, as his father shewed kindnesse vnto me. And Dauid sent to comfort him by the hand of his seruauntes, ouer his father: And Dauids seruauntes came in to the land of the children of Ammon. 3 And the princes of the children of Ammon sayde vnto Hanon their lorde: Thinkest thou that Dauid doth honor thy father, that he hath sent comfortours to thee? Hath not Dauid rather sent his seruauntes vnto thee, to searche the citie, and to spie it out, and to ouerthrowe it? 4 Wherefore Hanon toke Dauids seruauntes, and shaued of the one halfe of their beardes, & cut of their garmetes in the middle, euen hard to the buttockes of them, and sent them away. 5 When they tolde it vnto Dauid, he sent to meete them (for they were men exceedingly ashamed) and the king said: Tary at Iericho vntill your beardes be growen, and then returne. 6 And when the children of Ammon sawe that they stancke in the sight of Dauid, they sent & hyred the Syrians of the house of Rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba 20 thousand footemen, and of king Maacha a thousand men, and of Istob twelue thousand men.
  • Prov 13:17 : 17 An vngodly messenger falleth into mischiefe: but a faythfull embassadour is as health.
  • Isa 33:7 : 7 Beholde the messengers shall crye without: and the embassadours of peace shall weepe bitterly.
  • Isa 58:1 : 1 Crye nowe as loude as thou canst, leaue not of, lift vp thy voyce like a trumpet, & shew my people their offences, and the house of Iacob their sinnes.
  • Jer 1:7-8 : 7 And the Lorde aunswered me thus: Say not so, I am to young: for thou shalt go to all that I shall sende thee vnto, and whatsoeuer I commaunde thee, that shalt thou speake. 8 Be not afrayde of their faces: for I am with thee to deliuer thee, saith the Lorde.
  • Jer 1:17 : 17 And therfore girde vp thy loynes, arise, and tell them all that I geue thee in commaundement: Feare them not, lest I destroy thee before them.
  • Ezek 2:4-7 : 4 For they are children of a harde face and stiffe heart, I do sende thee vnto them, and thou shalt say vnto them, Thus saith the Lorde God. 5 And whether they wyll heare or refuse (for they are a rebellious house) yet they may knowe that there hath ben a prophete among them. 6 And thou sonne of man feare them not, neither be afraide of their wordes, for bryers and thornes are with thee, and thou doest dwell among scorpions: feare not their wordes, nor be abashed at their lookes, for they are a rebellious house. 7 And thou shalt speake my wordes vnto them, whether they wyll heare or refuse, for they are rebellious.
  • Matt 10:27-28 : 27 What I tell you in darknesse, that speake ye in lyght: And what ye heare in the eare, that preach ye on the houses. 28 And feare ye not them, which kyll the body, but are not able to kyll the soule. But rather feare hym, which is able to destroy both soule and body in hell.
  • Acts 5:29 : 29 Then Peter and the other Apostles aunswered, and sayde: We ought more to obey God then men.
  • Acts 21:33 : 33 Then the chiefe captaine came neare, & toke hym, and comaunded hym to be bounde with two chaynes, & demaunded who he was, & what he had done.
  • Acts 26:29 : 29 And Paul sayde: I woulde to God, that not only thou, but also all that heare me to day, were both somewhat, and also in a great deale, such as I am, except these bondes.

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    19And for me, that vtteraunce may be geue vnto me, yt I may open my mouth freely, to vtter ye secretes of the Gospell.

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    12But I woulde ye should vnderstande brethren, that the thinges which came vnto me, hath come rather vnto the furtheraunce of the Gospell:

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    14And many of the brethren of the Lord, beyng incouraged through my bondes, dare more plentifully speake the word, without feare.

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    3Praying also for vs, that God may open vnto vs the doore of vtteraunce, that we may speake ye misterie of Christ, wherfore I am also in bondes:

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    9Wherin I suffer trouble as an euyll doer, euen vnto bondes: But the worde of God is not bounde.

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    21But yt ye may also knowe my affaires, and what I do, Tichicus a deare brother and faythfull minister in the Lord, shall shewe you all thynges:

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    16The one preache Christe of strife, not sincerely, supposyng to adde more affliction to my bondes:

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    19For I knowe that this shall turne to my saluation, through your prayer, and ministryng of the spirite of Iesus Christe,

    20Accordyng to my expectation, and my hope, yt in nothyng I shalbe ashamed: but yt with all boldnesse, as alwayes, so now also, Christ shalbe magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

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    24But none of these thynges moue me, neither is my lyfe deare vnto my selfe, so that I myght fulfyll my course with ioy, and the ministerie whiche I haue receaued of the Lorde Iesu, to testifie the Gospell of the grace of God.

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    25And this am I sure of, that I shall abyde & continue with you all, for your furtheraunce and ioy of fayth,

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    20For this cause then haue I called for you, euen to see you and to speake with you: because that for the hope of Israel, I am bounde with this chayne.

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    30Hauing the same fight, which ye sawe in me, and nowe heare in me.

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