²⁰ For this cause therefore I asked to see you and to speak with you. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain."

²⁰ for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

²⁹ Paul said, "I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these bonds."

⁶ Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,

⁷ which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!

⁶ But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!"

³³ Then the commanding officer came near, arrested him, commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he had done.

¹³ whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Gospel.

¹⁰ I beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains, Onesimus,{Onesimus means "useful."}

⁹ in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God's word isn't chained.

¹⁰ but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel.

¹⁸ The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand: remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.

¹³ so that it became evident to the whole praetorian guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ;

¹ I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

¹ For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

¹⁷ It happened that after three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, "I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

¹⁵ having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

³³ Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God to hear all things that have been commanded you by God."

²⁹ Therefore also I came without complaint when I was sent for. I ask therefore, why did you send for me?"