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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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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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I’m not saying this to condemn you. I said before that you are in our hearts, and we live or die together with you.

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I do not say this to condemn you; I have said before that you have such a place in our hearts(A) that we would live or die with you.

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for you have been my partners in spreading the Good News about Christ from the time you first heard it until now.

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because of your partnership(A) in the gospel from the first day(B) until now,

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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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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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18 HERE IS MY GREETING IN MY OWN HANDWRITING—PAUL.

Remember my chains.

May God’s grace be with you.

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18 I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand.(A) Remember(B) my chains.(C) Grace be with you.(D)

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14 Even so, you have done well to share with me in my present difficulty.

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14 Yet it was good of you to share(A) in my troubles.

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16 They preach because they love me, for they know I have been appointed to defend the Good News. 17 Those others do not have pure motives as they preach about Christ. They preach with selfish ambition, not sincerely, intending to make my chains more painful to me.

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16 The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel.(A) 17 The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition,(B) not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains.(C)

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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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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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God’s Mysterious Plan Revealed

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

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Footnotes

  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.”

God’s Marvelous Plan for the Gentiles

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

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23 except that the Holy Spirit tells me in city after city that jail and suffering lie ahead.

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23 I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me(A) that prison and hardships are facing me.(B)

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23 They were severely beaten, and then they were thrown into prison. The jailer was ordered to make sure they didn’t escape. 24 So the jailer put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in the stocks.

25 Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.

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23 After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer(A) was commanded to guard them carefully. 24 When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.(B)

25 About midnight(C) Paul and Silas(D) were praying and singing hymns(E) to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

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14 If we love our brothers and sisters who are believers,[a] it proves that we have passed from death to life. But a person who has no love is still dead.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:14 Greek the brothers; similarly in 3:16.

14 We know that we have passed from death to life,(A) because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.(B)

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13 And it is only right that I should keep on reminding you as long as I live.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:13 Greek as long as I am in this tent [or tabernacle].

13 I think it is right to refresh your memory(A) as long as I live in the tent of this body,(B)

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