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18 Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.[a]

19 And pray for me, too. Ask God to give me the right words so I can boldly explain God’s mysterious plan that the Good News is for Jews and Gentiles alike.[b] 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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  1. 6:18 Greek all of God’s holy people.
  2. 6:19 Greek explain the mystery of the Good News; some manuscripts read simply explain the mystery.

18 Pray in the Spirit at all times with every kind of prayer and request. Likewise, be alert with your most diligent efforts and pray for all the saints. 19 Pray[a] also for me, so that, when I begin to speak, the right words will come to me. Then I will boldly make known the secret of the gospel, 20 for whose sake I am an ambassador in chains, desiring to declare the gospel[b] as boldly as I should.[c]

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  1. Ephesians 6:19 The Gk. lacks Pray
  2. Ephesians 6:20 Lit. declare it
  3. Ephesians 6:20 Lit. as I should speak