Philippians 1:14

and that most of the brethren in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

In Context

13so that my bonds became manifest in Christ throughout the whole praetorian guard, and to all the rest;

15Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:

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Cross References

Luke 1:74To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies Should serve him without fear,

Acts 4:23And being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said unto them.

Ephesians 3:13Wherefore I ask that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.

Philippians 1:7even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf 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 with me of grace.

Colossians 4:4that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

1 Thessalonians 2:2but having suffered before, and been shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict.

Matthew Henry on Philippians 1:13-21

The Apostle's Success and Joy. ( a. d. 62.) 12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; 13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; 14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. 15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: 16 The one preach Christ of contention,… Read the whole commentary →

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