Chains

Angels who didn’t keep their first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.

For if God didn’t spare angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;

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.

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, “Stand up quickly!” His chains fell off from his hands.

The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.

Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.

because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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.”

It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were loosened.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

He lived in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

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

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison. — read the full passage →

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

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

May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain,

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Good News.

Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

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

Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,

Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;

Now I desire to have you know, brothers, that the things which happened to me have turned out rather to the progress of the Good News;

There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage;

“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”

For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

The former insincerely preach Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;

And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

Jesus, looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.”

who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks.