I am appealing to you concerning my child, whose spiritual father I have become during my imprisonment, that is, Onesimus,

And others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

And immediately the man’s ears were opened, his tongue loosened, and he spoke plainly.

except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.

I found he was accused with reference to controversial questions about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.

and as they were leaving they said to one another, “This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment.”

The whole imperial guard and everyone else knows that I am in prison for the sake of Christ,

The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, because they think they can cause trouble for me in my imprisonment.

I, Paul, write this greeting by my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.

for which I suffer hardship to the point of imprisonment as a criminal, but God’s message is not imprisoned!

I wanted to keep him so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel.

Suddenly a great earthquake occurred, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. Immediately all the doors flew open, and the bonds of all the prisoners came loose.

and most of the brothers and sisters, having confidence in the Lord because of my imprisonment, now more than ever dare to speak the word fearlessly.

You also know that the angels who did not keep within their proper domain but abandoned their own place of residence, he has kept in eternal chains in utter darkness, locked up for the judgment of the great Day.

For Jesus had started commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, so he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard. But he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.)

Then shouldn’t this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be released from this imprisonment on the Sabbath day?”

Paul replied, “I pray to God that whether in a short or a long time not only you but also all those who are listening to me today could become such as I am, except for these chains.”

For it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace together with me.