Verse 12

Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 7:4 : 4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my boasting of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.
  • 1 Thess 2:2 : 2 But even after we had suffered before and were shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God with much contention.
  • Acts 4:13 : 13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they realized that they had been with Jesus.
  • Acts 4:29-31 : 29 And now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word, 30 By stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy servant Jesus. 31 And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
  • Acts 9:27 : 27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
  • Acts 9:29 : 29 And he spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Hellenists: but they attempted to kill him.
  • Acts 14:3 : 3 So they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who confirmed the word of His grace by granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
  • 1 Cor 14:19 : 19 Yet in the church, I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
  • 2 Cor 4:2-3 : 2 But have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. 3 But if our gospel is hidden, it is hidden to those who are lost:
  • 2 Cor 4:13 : 13 We having the same spirit of faith, as it is written, 'I believed, and therefore I spoke'; we also believe, and therefore speak;
  • 1 Tim 3:13 : 13 For those who have served well as deacons acquire for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
  • John 10:24 : 24 Then the Jews surrounded him and said to him, How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.
  • John 16:25 : 25 I have spoken these things to you in proverbs: but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in proverbs, but I will show you plainly about the Father.
  • John 16:29 : 29 His disciples said to him, 'Look, now you are speaking plainly and not using any proverb.'
  • 2 Cor 10:1 : 1 Now I, Paul, myself plead with you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
  • Eph 6:19-20 : 19 And for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 For which I am an ambassador in chains, that in it I may speak boldly as I ought to speak.
  • Phil 1:20 : 20 According to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.
  • Col 4:4 : 4 That I may make it clear, as I ought to speak.