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Philippians 1:13

so that it became evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ;
Philippians 1:13 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;
  • BSB As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.
  • NKJV so that it has become evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my chains are in Christ;
  • NASB so that my imprisonment in the cause of Christ has become well known throughout the praetorian guard and to everyone else,
  • NLT For everyone here, including the whole palace guard, knows that I am in chains because of Christ.

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Quick answer

Paul's imprisonment for Christ has become known throughout the palace guard and beyond. His chains preach where he cannot freely go.

Overview

Even the elite imperial guard now knows that Paul is imprisoned not as a criminal but "in Christ." His captivity became a testimony, opening doors to those he could never have reached otherwise. The gospel advances even through the constraints of prison.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 16

  • 2 Tim 2:9in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God’s word isn’t chained.
  • Eph 3:1For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,
  • Phil 1:7It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.
  • Phil 4:22All the saints greet you, especially those who are of Caesar’s household.
  • Eph 6:20for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
  • Acts 26:29Paul said, “I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me today, might become such as I am, except for these bonds.”
  • 1 Pet 4:12–16Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.
  • Acts 26:31When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.”
  • Acts 21:11–13Coming to us, and taking Paul’s belt, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit: ‘So will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’”
  • Acts 28:30Paul stayed two whole years in his own rented house, and received all who were coming to him,
  • Acts 20:23–24except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.
  • Acts 28:17After three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, “I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,
  • Acts 28:20For this cause therefore I asked to see you and to speak with you. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.”
  • Col 4:3–18praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds;
  • 1 Th 1:8–9For from you the word of the Lord has been declared, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out; so that we need not to say anything.
  • Eph 4:1I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

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  • VideoBibleProject — Philippians videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PhilippiansMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

The one who, being in the form of God, emptied himself to the point of death on a cross and was exalted to the name above every name — the joy and prize of the believer.

How Philippians 1:13 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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