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At the same time, pray for us as well, that God will open to us a door for the word, that we may declare the mystery of Christ, for which I am in prison,(A)

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19 Pray also for me, so that when I speak a message may be given to me to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,[a](A) 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I must speak.(B)

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  1. 6.19 Other ancient authorities lack of the gospel

27 When they arrived, they called the church together and related all that God had done with them and how he had opened a door of faith for the gentiles.

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13 so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard[a] and to everyone else that my imprisonment is for Christ, 14 and most of the brothers and sisters, having been made confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, dare to speak the word[b] with greater boldness and without fear.

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  1. 1.13 Gk whole praetorium
  2. 1.14 Other ancient authorities read word of God

The Message to Philadelphia

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:

These are the words of the Holy One, the True One,
    who has the key of David,
    who opens and no one will shut,
        who shuts and no one opens:(A)

“I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door that no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.(B)

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Request for Prayer

Finally, brothers and sisters, pray for us, so that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified everywhere, just as it is among you,(A) and that we may be rescued from wicked and evil people, for not all have faith.

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26 the mystery that has been hidden throughout the ages and generations but has now been revealed to his saints.(A)

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It is right for me to think this way about all of you, because I hold you in my heart,[a] for all of you are my partners in God’s grace,[b] both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.(A)

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  1. 1.7 Or because you hold me in your heart
  2. 1.7 Gk in grace

Paul’s Anxiety in Troas

12 When I came to Troas to proclaim the good news[a] of Christ, a door was opened for me in the Lord,(A)

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  1. 2.12 Or the gospel

for which I suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained.(A)

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I want their hearts to be encouraged and united in love, so that they may have all the riches of assured understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery, that is, Christ,[a](A) in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2.2 Other ancient authorities read of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ

Unity in the Body of Christ

I, therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,(A)

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for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

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