Luke 21:12
12But before all this athey will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to bthe synagogues and cprisons, and you dwill be brought before ekings and fgovernors for my name’s sake.Acts 21:33
33Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him gto be bound hwith two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done.Acts 26:29
29And Paul said, “Whether short or long, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day imight become such as I am—except for jthese chains.”Acts 28:17-20
Paul in Rome
17After three days he called together the local leaders of the Jews, and when they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, kthough I had done nothing against our people or lthe customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. 18When they had examined me, they mwished to set me at liberty, nbecause there was no reason for the death penalty in my case. 19But because the Jews objected, I was compelled oto appeal to Caesar—though I had no charge to bring against pmy nation. 20For this reason, therefore, I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is qbecause of rthe hope of Israel that I am wearing sthis tchain.”2 Corinthians 11:23
23Are they uservants of Christ? vI am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, wfar more imprisonments, xwith countless beatings, and yoften near death.Ephesians 4:1
Unity in the Body of Christ
1I therefore, za prisoner for the Lord, urge you to aawalk in a manner worthy of abthe calling to which you have been called,Ephesians 6:20
20for which I acam an ambassador adin chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.Philippians 1:7
7It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you aein my heart, for you are all afpartakers with me of grace, ▼▼Or you all have fellowship with me in grace
both ahin my imprisonment and in aithe defense and confirmation of the gospel.
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