13So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;
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Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's household.
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.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-20)We see here the care the apostle takes to prevent their being offended at his sufferings. He was now a prisoner at Rome; this might be a stumbling-block to those who had received the gospel by his ministry. They might be tempted to think, If this doctrine were indeed of God, God would not suffer one who was so active and instrumental in preaching and propagating it to be thrown by as a despised br…
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