As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.
Parallel translations
- WEB so that it became evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ;
- KJV So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;
- 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.
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Cross-references · 16
- 2 Tim 2:9for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
- Eph 3:1For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...
- Phil 1:7It 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 and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partners in grace with me.
- Phil 4:22All the saints send you greetings, especially those from the household of Caesar.
- Eph 6:20for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.
- Acts 26:29“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, except for these chains.”
- 1 Pet 4:12–16Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.
- Acts 26:31On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”
- Acts 21:11–13Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”
- Acts 28:30Paul stayed there two full years in his own rented house, welcoming all who came to visit him.
- Acts 20:23–24I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
- Acts 28:17After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
- Acts 28:20So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
- Col 4:3–18as 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 which I am in chains.
- 1 Th 1:8–9For not only did the message of the Lord ring out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out to every place, so that we have no need to say anything more.
- Eph 4:1As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
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