Now G1161 I Paul G3972 myself beseech G3870 you by the meekness G4236 and gentleness G1932 of Christ, G5547 who G3739 in presence G4383 am base G5011 among G1722 you, but being absent G548 am bold G2292 toward G1519 you:

Behold, G2396 I Paul G3972 say G3004 to you, that if G1437 you be circumcised, G4059 Christ G5547 shall profit G5623 you nothing. G3762

I therefore, G3767 the prisoner G1198 of the Lord, G2962 beseech G3870 you that you walk G4043 worthy G516 of the vocation G2821 with which G3739 you are called, G2564

For which G3739 I am an ambassador G4243 in bonds: G254 that therein G1722 G846 I may speak boldly, G3955 as I ought G1163 to speak. G2980

But before G4253 all G537 these, G5130 they shall lay G1911 their hands G5495 on G1909 you, and persecute G1377 you, delivering G3860 you up to the synagogues, G4864 and into prisons, G5438 being brought G71 before G1909 kings G935 and rulers G2232 for my name's G3686 sake. G1752

Then G5119 the chief G5506 captain G5506 came G1448 near, G1448 and took G1949 him, and commanded G2753 him to be bound G1210 with two G1417 chains; G254 and demanded G4441 who G5101 he was, and what G5101 he had done. G4160

And Paul G3972 said, G2036 I would G2172 to God, G2316 that not only G3440 you, but also G2532 all G3956 that hear G191 me this G4594 day, G4594 were both G2532 almost, G1722 G3641 and altogether G1722 G4183 such G5108 as I am, G1510 except G3924 these G5130 bonds. G1199

And it came G1096 to pass, that after G3326 three G5140 days G2250 Paul G3972 called G4779 the chief G4413 of the Jews G2453 together: G4779 and when they were come G4905 together, G4905 he said G3004 to them, Men G435 and brothers, G80 though I have committed G4160 nothing G3762 against G1727 the people, G2992 or G2228 customs G1485 of our fathers, G3971 yet was I delivered G3860 prisoner G1198 from Jerusalem G2414 into G1519 the hands G5495 of the Romans. G4514

But when the Jews G2453 spoke G483 against G483 it, I was constrained G315 to appeal G1941 to Caesar; G2541 not that I had G2192 ought G5100 to accuse G2723 my nation G1484 of.

Are they ministers G1249 of Christ? G5547 (I speak G2980 as a fool) G3912 I am more; G5228 in labors G2873 more G4056 abundant, G4056 in stripes G4127 above G5234 measure, G5234 in prisons G5438 more G4056 frequent, G4056 in deaths G2288 oft. G4178

Even G2531 as it is meet G1342 for me to think G5426 this G5124 of you all, G3956 because G1223 I have G2192 you in my heart; G2588 inasmuch G1909 G3745 as both G5037 in my bonds, G1199 and in the defense G627 and confirmation G951 of the gospel, G2098 you all G3956 are partakers G4791 of my grace. G5485

So G5620 that my bonds G1199 in Christ G5547 are manifest G5318 in all G3650 the palace, G4232 and in all G3956 other G3062 places;

Some G5100 indeed G3303 preach G2784 Christ G5547 even G2532 of envy G5355 and strife; G2054 and some G5100 also G2532 of good G2107 will: G2107

Who now G3568 rejoice G5463 in my sufferings G3804 for you, and fill G466 up that which is behind G5303 of the afflictions G2347 of Christ G5547 in my flesh G4561 for his body's G4983 sake, which G3739 is the church: G1577

With G260 praying G4336 also G2532 for us, that God G2316 would open G455 to us a door G2374 of utterance, G3056 to speak G2980 the mystery G3466 of Christ, G5547 for which G3739 I am also G2532 in bonds: G1210

The salutation G783 by the hand G5495 of me Paul. G3972 Remember G3421 my bonds. G1199 Grace G5485 be with you. Amen. G281 Written from Rome to Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus

Be not you therefore G3767 ashamed G1870 of the testimony G3142 of our Lord, G2962 nor G3366 of me his prisoner: G1198 but be you partaker G4777 of the afflictions G4777 of the gospel G2098 according G2596 to the power G1411 of God; G2316

The Lord G2962 give G1325 mercy G1656 to the house G3624 of Onesiphorus; G3683 for he oft G4178 refreshed G404 me, and was not ashamed G1870 of my chain: G254

Wherein G1722 G3757 I suffer G2553 trouble, G2553 as an evil G2557 doer, G2557 even to bonds; G1199 but the word G3056 of God G2316 is not bound. G1210

Paul, G3972 a prisoner G1198 of Jesus G2424 Christ, G5547 and Timothy G5095 our brother, G80 to Philemon G5371 our dearly beloved, G27 and fellow laborer, G4904

Yet for love's G26 sake I rather G3123 beseech G3870 you, being G5607 such G5108 an one as Paul G3972 the aged, G4246 and now G3570 also G2532 a prisoner G1198 of Jesus G2424 Christ. G5547

Fear G5399 none G3367 of those G3588 things which G3739 you shall suffer: G3958 behold, G2400 the devil G1228 shall cast G906 some of you into G1519 prison, G5438 that you may be tried; G3985 and you shall have G2192 tribulation G2347 ten G1176 days: G2250 be you faithful G4103 to death, G2288 and I will give G1325 you a crown G4735 of life. G2222

And I, brothers, G80 if G1487 I yet G2089 preach G2784 circumcision, G4061 why G5101 do I yet G2089 suffer G1377 persecution? G1377 then G686 is the offense G4625 of the cross G4716 ceased. G2673

Who now G3568 rejoice G5463 in my sufferings G3804 for you, and fill G466 up that which is behind G5303 of the afflictions G2347 of Christ G5547 in my flesh G4561 for his body's G4983 sake, which G3739 is the church: G1577

Who G3588 both G2532 killed G615 the Lord G2962 Jesus, G2424 and their own G2398 prophets, G4396 and have persecuted G1559 us; and they please G700 not God, G2316 and are contrary G1727 to all G3956 men: G444

Forbidding G2967 us to speak G2980 to the Gentiles G1484 that they might be saved, G4982 to fill G378 up their sins G266 always: G104 for the wrath G3709 is come G5348 on them to the uttermost. G5056

Therefore I endure G5278 all G3956 things for the elect's G1588 sakes, that they may also G2532 obtain G5177 the salvation G4991 which G3588 is in Christ G5547 Jesus G2424 with eternal G166 glory. G1391