TSK · Ephesians 3:1

Then the commanding officer came near, arrested him, commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he had done.

Paul said, "I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these bonds."

Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.

Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.

for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

so that it became evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ;

praying 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;

who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and didn't please God, and are contrary to all men;

May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain,

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

Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,