Ephesians 6:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for which I am an ambassador in a chain, that in it I may speak freely -- as it behoveth me to speak.

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  • 2 Cor 5:20 : 20 in behalf of Christ, then, we are ambassadors, as if God were calling through us, we beseech, in behalf of Christ, `Be ye reconciled to God;'
  • Acts 28:20 : 20 for this cause, therefore, I called for you to see and to speak with `you', for because of the hope of Israel with this chain I am bound.'
  • Phil 1:7 : 7 according as it is righteous for me to think this in behalf of you all, because of my having you in the heart, both in my bonds, and `in' the defence and confirmation of the good news, all of you being fellow-partakers with me of grace.
  • Eph 3:1 : 1 For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,
  • Col 4:4 : 4 that I may manifest it, as it behoveth me to speak;
  • Phlm 1:10 : 10 I entreat thee concerning my child -- whom I did beget in my bonds -- Onesimus,
  • 1 John 3:16 : 16 in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;
  • Jude 1:3 : 3 Beloved, all diligence using to write to you concerning the common salvation, I had necessity to write to you, exhorting to agonize for the faith once delivered to the saints,
  • 1 Thess 2:2 : 2 but having both suffered before, and having been injuriously treated (as ye have known) in Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the good news of God in much conflict,
  • 2 Tim 1:16 : 16 may the Lord give kindness to the house of Onesiphorus, because many times he did refresh me, and of my chain was not ashamed,
  • 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 in which I suffer evil -- unto bonds, as an evil-doer, but the word of God hath not been bound;
  • Eph 4:1 : 1 Call upon you, then, do I -- the prisoner of the Lord -- to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,
  • Eph 6:19 : 19 and in behalf of me, that to me may be given a word in the opening of my mouth, in freedom, to make known the secret of the good news,
  • Phil 1:13-14 : 13 so that my bonds have become manifest in Christ in the whole praetorium, and to the other places -- all, 14 and the greater part of the brethren in the Lord, having confidence by my bonds, are more abundantly bold -- fearlessly to speak the word.
  • Phil 1:20 : 20 according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, and in all freedom, as always, also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death,
  • Acts 28:31 : 31 preaching the reign of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness -- unforbidden.
  • 2 Sam 10:2-6 : 2 and David saith, `I do kindness with Hanun son of Nahash, as his father did with me kindness;' and David sendeth to comfort him by the hand of his servants concerning his father, and the servants of David come in to the land of the Bene-Ammon. 3 And the heads of the Bene-Ammon say unto Hanun their lord, `Is David honouring thy father in thine eyes because he hath sent to thee comforters? for to search the city, and to spy it, and to overthrow it, hath not David sent his servants unto thee?' 4 And Hanun taketh the servants of David, and shaveth off the half of their beard, and cutteth off their long robes in the midst -- unto their buttocks, and sendeth them away; 5 and they declare `it' to David, and he sendeth to meet them, for the men have been greatly ashamed, and the king saith, `Abide in Jericho till your beard doth spring up -- then ye have returned.' 6 And the Bene-Ammon see that they have been abhorred by David, and the Bene-Ammon send and hire Aram of Beth-Rehob, and Aram of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah `with' a thousand men, and Ish-Tob `with' twelve thousand men;
  • Prov 13:17 : 17 A wicked messenger falleth into evil, And a faithful ambassador is healing.
  • Isa 33:7 : 7 Lo, `Their Ariel,' they have cried without, Messengers of peace do weep bitterly.
  • Isa 58:1 : 1 Call with the throat, restrain not, As a trumpet lift up thy voice, And declare to My people their transgression, And to the house of Jacob their sins;
  • Jer 1:7-8 : 7 And Jehovah saith unto me, `Do not say, I `am' a youth, for to all to whom I send thee thou goest, and all that I command thee thou speakest. 8 Be not afraid of their faces, for with thee `am' I to deliver thee, -- an affirmation of Jehovah.'
  • Jer 1:17 : 17 `And thou, thou dost gird up thy loins, and hast arisen, and spoken unto them all that I command thee: be not affrighted because of them, lest I affright thee before them.
  • Ezek 2:4-7 : 4 And the sons `are' brazen-faced and hard-hearted to whom I am sending thee, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: 5 and they -- whether they hear, or whether they forbear, for a rebellious house they `are' -- have known that a prophet hath been in their midst. 6 `And thou, son of man, thou art not afraid of them, yea, of their words thou art not afraid, for briers and thorns are with thee, and near scorpions thou art dwelling, of their words thou art not afraid, and of their faces thou art not affrighted, for they `are' a rebellious house, 7 And thou hast spoken My words unto them, whether they hear or whether they forbear, for they `are' rebellious.
  • Matt 10:27-28 : 27 that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the house-tops. 28 `And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.
  • Acts 5:29 : 29 And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;
  • Acts 21:33 : 33 Then the chief captain, having come nigh, took him, and commanded `him' to be bound with two chains, and was inquiring who he may be, and what it is he hath been doing,
  • Acts 26:29 : 29 and Paul said, `I would have wished to God, both in a little, and in much, not only thee, but also all those hearing me to-day, to become such as I also am -- except these bonds.'

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