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Philippians 1:13

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 13 so that my prison bonds+ for the sake of Christ have become public knowledge+ among all the Prae·toʹri·an Guard and all the rest.

Philippians 1:13

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 13 ὥστε as-and τοὺς the δεσμούς bonds μου of me φανεροὺς manifest ἐν in Χριστῷ Christ γενέσθαι to become ἐν in ὅλῳ whole τῷ the πραιτωρίῳ praetorium καὶ and τοῖς to the λοιποῖς leftover (ones) πᾶσιν, all,

Philippians 1:13

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 13 so that my bonds+ have become public knowledge+ in association with Christ among all the Prae·toʹri·an Guard* and all the rest;+

Philippians 1:13

The Bible in Living English
- 13 * so that my imprisonment has become well known in connection with Christ throughout the Praetorian Guard and to everybody else,

Philippians 1:13

American Standard Version
- 13 so that my bonds became manifest in Christ throughout the whole praetorian guard, and to all the rest;

Philippians 1:13

The Emphasized Bible
- 13 So that my bonds have become manifest in Christ in the whole palace, and unto all the rest,—

Philippians 1:13

King James Version
- 13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;

Philippians Study Notes—Chapter 1

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 1:13
  
  the Praetorian Guard: During his first imprisonment in Rome (c. 59-61 C.E.), Paul “was permitted to stay by himself with the soldier guarding him.” (Ac 28:16) While under house arrest, Paul wrote that his “prison bonds for the sake of Christ [had] become public knowledge among all the Praetorian Guard.” This guard was an elite group of Roman soldiers, numbering into the thousands. The Greek word used here is derived from the Latin praetorium, which originally referred to the place (a tent or a building) where a Roman army commander resided. Starting with the reign of Caesar Augustus, the soldiers in the Praetorian Guard served as the Roman emperor’s bodyguard, which is why the Greek word used at Php 1:13 is rendered “the imperial guard” or “the palace guard” in some translations. Their role required that they be stationed near the emperor and his household.