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Philemon 8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Philemon 8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
8 Therefore, although I have the full right[a] in Christ to order you to do what is proper,
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- 8 Full right: often translated “boldness,” the Greek word parrēsia connotes the full franchise of speech, as the right of a citizen to speak before the body politic, claimed by the Athenians as their privilege (Euripides).
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