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Ephesians 6:20The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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ὑπὲρ οὗ πρεσβεύω ἐν ἁλύσει, ἵνα ἐν αὐτῷ παρρησιάσωμαι ὡς δεῖ με λαλῆσαι.
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Ephesians 6:20American Standard Version
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20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
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Ephesians 6:20The Emphasized Bible
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20 In behalf of which I am conducting an embassy in chains That therein I may use freedom of utterance as it is needful for me to speak.
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Ephesians 6:20King James Version
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20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
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Ephesians Study Notes—Chapter 6New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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I am acting as an ambassador in chains: Paul wrote this letter to the Ephesians when he was imprisoned in Rome, which explains why he called himself “an ambassador in chains.” (Eph 3:1; 4:1) In Biblical usage, an ambassador is an official representative dispatched by a ruler on a special occasion for a specific purpose. As one of God’s spirit-anointed ambassadors, Paul bore a message to the people of his day about being reconciled to God through Christ.—See the study notes on 2Co 5:20.
I may speak . . . with boldness: Or “I may speak . . . with freeness of speech.” Paul was a prisoner in Rome, and here he asks his fellow believers to pray for him so that he “may speak . . . with boldness [a form of the Greek verb par·re·si·aʹzo·mai].” (Eph 6:19) The account in Acts reveals that while imprisoned, Paul continued preaching the Kingdom of God “with the greatest freeness of speech [a form of the related Greek noun par·re·siʹa], without hindrance,” indicating that the prayers made in his behalf had been answered. (Ac 28:30, 31) Boldness was an identifying mark of the preaching done by the early Christians.—Ac 4:13, 29; see study note on Ac 28:31.
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