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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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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 6:20
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20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

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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 5:20
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20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

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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 4:4
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4 That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

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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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Acts 28:20
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20 For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

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Acts 27
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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Philemon 10
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10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:

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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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Philippians 1:7
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7 Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.

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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 3:1
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3 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for 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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Jude 3
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3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

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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 3:16
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16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

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