20According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
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Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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, …
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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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