Ephesians 3:1

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for

for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.

So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel

As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:

As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.

I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.

But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogue

It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense a

So the centurion took him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner sent and asked me to bring this young man to you

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker,

Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings,

After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, althou

The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he

“Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am,

as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for

Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bol

This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.

for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!

who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile

Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more im

May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chai

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and y

Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cr

So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.

Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.