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.

Now, behold, I release you this day from the chains which are on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will take care of you; but if it seems bad to you to come with me into Babylon, don’t: behold, all the land is before you; where it seems good and right to you to go, there go.

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;

“Let’s break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us.”

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.

Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron, — read the full passage →

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.

God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

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.

The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels’ necks.

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.

To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

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.

for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.

and two chains of pure gold; you shall make them like cords of braided work: and you shall put the braided chains on the settings.

They made on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.

So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he drew chains of gold across before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

the earrings, the bracelets, the veils,

We have brought Yahweh’s offering, what every man has gotten, of jewels of gold, armlets, and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before Yahweh.”

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.

Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

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

Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah, who were carried away captive to Babylon.

The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever shall read this writing, and show me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck,

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.

Yet was she carried away. She went into captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets, and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

Thus says Yahweh: “The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you, and they shall be yours. They will go after you. They shall come over in chains; and they will bow down to you. They will make supplication to you: ‘Surely God is in you; and there is no one else. There is no other 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.

A workman has cast an image, and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts silver chains for it.

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.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

the headdresses, the ankle chains, the sashes, the perfume bottles, the charms,

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort 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.

Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

There were nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.

They put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.

The other two ends of the two braided chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, in its front.

The other two ends of the two braided chains you shall put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod in its forepart.

You shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate.

You shall make on the breastplate chains like cords, of braided work of pure gold.

Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

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.

“‘You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.

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;

They put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel.

The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

He put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison until the day of his death.

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!”

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke away their chains.

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;

“Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?

Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from 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.

He has walled me about, that I can’t go out; he has made my chain heavy.

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.”

The sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.

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