9Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
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Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, …
Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-13)I. To encourage Timothy in suffering, the apostle puts him in mind of the resurrection of Christ (2 Tim. 2:8): Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead, according to my gospel . This is the great proof of his divine mission, and therefore a great confirmation of the truth of the Christian religion; and the consideration of it should make us faithful to our Christi…
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