Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me,

that I may come to you with joy by the will of God, and may be refreshed together with you.

and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,

For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

Brethren, pray for us.

But, meanwhile, also prepare a guest room for me, for I trust that through your prayers I shall be granted to you.

Pray for us; for we are confident that we have a good conscience, in all things desiring to live honorably.

But I especially urge [you] to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

For a great and effective door has opened to me, and [there are] many adversaries.

Furthermore, when I came to Troas to [preach] Christ's gospel, and a door was opened to me by the Lord,

Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run [swiftly] and be glorified, just as [it is] with you,

and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for not all have faith.

" And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, ' These things says He who is holy, He who is true, "He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens":

"I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name.

the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints.

that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and [attaining] to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

He answered and said to them, "Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles --

I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,

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

just as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace.

so that it has become evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my chains are in Christ;

and most of the brethren in the Lord, having become confident by my chains, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;

for which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, [even] to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained.