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Ephesians 6:20
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20 I am in chains now, still preaching this message as God’s ambassador. So pray that I will keep on speaking boldly for him, as I should.

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Listen to Ephesians 6:20, 2 Corinthians 5:20, Colossians 4:4, Acts 28:20, Philemon 10, Philippians 1:7, Ephesians 3:1, Jude 3, 1 John 3:16, 2 Timothy 2:9, 2 Timothy 1:16, 1 Thessalonians 2:2, Philippians 1:20
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Ephesians 6:20
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20 for which I am an ambassador(A) in chains.(B) Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

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Ephesians 5
Philippians 1
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2 Corinthians 5:20
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20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”

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2 Corinthians 5:20
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20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors,(A) as though God were making his appeal through us.(B) We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.(C)

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2 Corinthians 4
2 Corinthians 6
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Colossians 4:4
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4 Pray that I will proclaim this message as clearly as I should.

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Colossians 4:4
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4 Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should.

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Colossians 3
1 Thessalonians 1
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Acts 28:20
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20 I asked you to come here today so we could get acquainted and so I could explain to you that I am bound with this chain because I believe that the hope of Israel—the Messiah—has already come.”

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Acts 28:20
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20 For this reason I have asked to see you and talk with you. It is because of the hope of Israel(A) that I am bound with this chain.”(B)

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Romans 1
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Philemon 10
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10 I appeal to you to show kindness to my child, Onesimus. I became his father in the faith while here in prison.

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Philemon 10
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10 that I appeal to you for my son(A) Onesimus,[a](B) who became my son while I was in chains.(C)

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  1. Philemon 1:10 Onesimus means useful.
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Titus 3
Hebrews 1
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Philippians 1:7
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7 So it is right that I should feel as I do about all of you, for you have a special place in my heart. You share with me the special favor of God, both in my imprisonment and in defending and confirming the truth of the Good News.

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Philippians 1:7
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7 It is right(A) for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart(B) and, whether I am in chains(C) or defending(D) and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me.

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Ephesians 6
Philippians 2
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Ephesians 3:1
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God’s Mysterious Plan Revealed

3 When I think of all this, I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for the benefit of you Gentiles[a] . . .

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  1. 3:1 Paul resumes this thought in verse 14: “When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father.”
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Ephesians 3:1
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God’s Marvelous Plan for the Gentiles

3 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner(A) of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—

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Ephesians 2
Ephesians 4
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Jude 3
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The Danger of False Teachers

3 Dear friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted once for all time to his holy people.

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Jude 3
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The Sin and Doom of Ungodly People

3 Dear friends,(A) although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share,(B) I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend(C) for the faith(D) that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people.(E)

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3 John 1
Revelation 1
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1 John 3:16
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16 We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters.

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1 John 3:16
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16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.(A) And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.(B)

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1 John 4
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2 Timothy 2:9
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9 And because I preach this Good News, I am suffering and have been chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained.

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2 Timothy 2:9
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9 for which I am suffering(A) even to the point of being chained(B) like a criminal. But God’s word(C) is not chained.

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2 Timothy 1
2 Timothy 3
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2 Timothy 1:16
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16 May the Lord show special kindness to Onesiphorus and all his family because he often visited and encouraged me. He was never ashamed of me because I was in chains.

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2 Timothy 1:16
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16 May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus,(A) because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed(B) of my chains.(C)

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2 Timothy 2
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1 Thessalonians 2:2
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2 You know how badly we had been treated at Philippi just before we came to you and how much we suffered there. Yet our God gave us the courage to declare his Good News to you boldly, in spite of great opposition.

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1 Thessalonians 2:2
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2 We had previously suffered(A) and been treated outrageously in Philippi,(B) as you know, but with the help of our God we dared to tell you his gospel in the face of strong opposition.(C)

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1 Thessalonians 3
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Philippians 1:20
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Paul’s Life for Christ

20 For I fully expect and hope that I will never be ashamed, but that I will continue to be bold for Christ, as I have been in the past. And I trust that my life will bring honor to Christ, whether I live or die.

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Philippians 1:20
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20 I eagerly expect(A) and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage(B) so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body,(C) whether by life or by death.(D)

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