Chains

messengers also, those who did not keep their own principality, but did leave their proper dwelling, to a judgment of a great day, in bonds everlasting, under darkness He hath kept,

`And now, lo, I have loosed thee to-day from the chains that <FI>are<Fi> on thy hand; if good in thine eyes to come with me <FI>to<Fi> Babylon, come, and I keep mine eye upon thee: and if evil in thine eyes to come with me to Babylon, forbear; see, all the land <FI>is<Fi> before thee, whither <FI>it be<Fi> good, and whither <FI>it be<Fi> right in thine eyes to go--go.' --

For if God messengers who sinned did not spare, but with chains of thick gloom, having cast <FI>them<Fi> down to Tartarus, did deliver <FI>them<Fi> to judgment, having been reserved,

`Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'

Then the chief captain, having come nigh, took him, and commanded <FI>him<Fi> to be bound with two chains, and was inquiring who he may be, and what it is he hath been doing,

Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron, — read the full passage →

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

God--causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only--the refractory have inhabited a dry place.

and lo, a messenger of the Lord stood by, and a light shone in the buildings, and having smitten Peter on the side, he raised him up, saying, `Rise in haste,' and his chains fell from off <FI>his<Fi> hands.

and when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night was Peter sleeping between two soldiers, having been bound with two chains, guards also before the door were keeping the prison,

and the weight of the rings of gold which he asked is a thousand and seven hundred <FI>shekels<Fi> of gold, apart from the round ornaments, and the drops, and the purple garments, which <FI>are<Fi> on the kings of Midian, and apart from the chains which <FI>are<Fi> on the necks of their camels,

And I, Paul, myself, do call upon you--through the meekness and gentleness of the Christ--who in presence, indeed <FI>am<Fi> humble among you, and being absent, have courage toward you, — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

For he commanded the unclean spirit to come forth from the man, for many times it had caught him, and he was being bound with chains and fetters--guarded, and breaking asunder the bonds he was driven by the demons to the deserts.

To bind their kings with chains, And their honoured ones with fetters of iron,

because that he many times with fetters and chains had been bound, and pulled in pieces by him had been the chains, and the fetters broken in pieces, and none was able to tame him,

For a graceful wreath <FI>are<Fi> they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.

and two chains of pure gold, wreathed work thou dost make them, work of thick bands, and thou hast put the thick chains on the embroidered things.

And they make on the breastplate wreathed chains, work of thick bands, of pure gold;

And Solomon overlayeth the house within with gold refined, and causeth <FI>it<Fi> to pass over in chains of gold before the oracle, and overlayeth it with gold.

Of the drops, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,

and we bring near Jehovah's offering, each that which he hath found, vessels of gold--chain, and bracelet, seal-ring, <FI>ear<Fi> -ring, and bead--to make atonement for ourselves before Jehovah.'

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

for this cause, therefore, I called for you to see and to speak with <FI>you<Fi> , for because of the hope of Israel with this chain I am bound.'

according as it is righteous for me to think this in behalf of you all, because of my having you in the heart, both in my bonds, and <FI>in<Fi> the defence and confirmation of the good news, all of you being fellow-partakers with me of grace.

Make the chain; for the land Hath been full of bloody judgments, And the city hath been full of violence.

and the truth shall make you free.'

Then hath Belshazzar said, and they have clothed Daniel with purple, and a bracelet of gold <FI>is<Fi> on his neck, and they have proclaimed concerning him that he is the third ruler in the kingdom.

The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, after Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, hath sent him from Ramah, in his taking him--and he a prisoner in chains--in the midst of all the removal of Jerusalem and of Judah, who are removed to Babylon.

Call doth the king mightily, to bring up the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. Answered hath the king, and said to the wise men of Babylon, that, `Any man who doth read this writing, and its interpretation doth shew me, purple he putteth on, and a bracelet of gold <FI>is<Fi> on his neck, and third in the kingdom he doth rule.'

And Pharaoh turneth aside his seal-ring from off his hand, and putteth it on the hand of Joseph, and clotheth him <FI>with<Fi> garments of fine linen, and placeth a chain of gold on his neck,

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

and suddenly a great earthquake came, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken, opened also presently were all the doors, and of all--the bands were loosed;

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

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

Even she doth become an exile, She hath gone into captivity, Even her sucklings are dashed to pieces At the top of all out-places, And for her honoured ones they cast a lot, And all her great ones have been bound in fetters.

Thus said Jehovah, `The labour of Egypt, And the merchandise of Cush, And of the Sebaim--men of measure, Unto thee pass over, and thine they are, After thee they go, in fetters they pass over, And unto thee they bow themselves, Unto thee they pray: Only in thee <FI>is<Fi> God, And there is none else, no <FI>other<Fi> God.

who had his dwelling in the tombs, and not even with chains was any one able to bind him,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

for which I am an ambassador in a chain, that in it I may speak freely--as it behoveth me to speak.

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free--stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;

The graven image poured out hath a artisan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining.

And I saw a messenger coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss, and a great chain over his hand,

and when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night was Peter sleeping between two soldiers, having been bound with two chains, guards also before the door were keeping the prison, — read the full passage →

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

Of the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, And of the bands, And of the perfume boxes, and the amulets,

Also--when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou <FI>art<Fi> with me, Thy rod and Thy staff--they comfort me.

to whom coming--a living stone--by men, indeed, having been disapproved of, but with God choice, precious,

for the law of the Spirit of the life in Christ Jesus did set me free from the law of the sin and of the death;

and the greater part of the brethren in the Lord, having confidence by my bonds, are more abundantly bold--fearlessly to speak the word.

Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.

Nets of net-work, wreaths of chain-work <FI>are<Fi> for the chapiters that <FI>are<Fi> on the top of the pillars, seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the second chapiter.

and they put the two thick bands of gold on the two rings on the ends of the breastplate;

and the two ends of the two thick bands they have put on the two embroidered things, and they put them on the shoulders of the ephod, over-against its front.

and the two ends of the two thick bands thou dost put on the two embroidered things, and thou hast put <FI>them<Fi> on the shoulders of the ephod over-against its face.

and thou hast put the two thick bands of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastplate;

`And thou hast made on the breastplate wreathed chains, work of thick bands, of pure gold;

And the eyes of Zedekiah he hath blinded, and he bindeth him with brazen fetters, to bring him in to Babylon.

may the Lord give kindness to the house of Onesiphorus, because many times he did refresh me, and of my chain was not ashamed,

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

if then the son may make you free, in reality ye shall be free.

`And a cutting for the soul ye do not put in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, ye do not put on you; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'

and the other out of love, having known that for defence of the good news I am set:

And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> , there <FI>is<Fi> liberty;

so that my bonds have become manifest in Christ in the whole praetorium, and to the other places--all,

`And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and grant to Thy servants with all freedom to speak Thy word,

Then shall he say also to those on the left hand, Go ye from me, the cursed, to the fire, the age-during, that hath been prepared for the Devil and his messengers;

And they put it in prison--in chains, And they bring it unto the king of Babylon, They bring it in unto bulwarks, So that its voice is not heard any more On mountains of Israel.

And hear of it do nations, In their pit it hath been caught, And they bring it in with chains unto the land of Egypt.

and the eyes of Zedekiah he hath blinded, and he bindeth him in brazen fetters, and the king of Babylon bringeth him to Babylon, and putteth him in the house of inspection unto the day of his death.

And I wish you to know, brethren, that the things concerning me, rather to an advancement of the good news have come,

and there is not salvation in any other, for there is no other name under the heaven that hath been given among men, in which it behoveth us to be saved.'

He bringeth them out from the dark place, And death-shade, And their bands He draweth away.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

and as it is laid up to men once to die, and after this--judgment,

and <FI>that<Fi> because of the false brethren brought in unawares, who did come in privily to spy out our liberty that we have in Christ Jesus, that us they might bring under bondage,

where, O Death, thy sting? where, O Hades, thy victory?'

for ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye did receive a spirit of adoption in which we cry, `Abba--Father.'

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

the one, indeed, of rivalry the Christ do proclaim, not purely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds,

Is not this the fast that I chose--To loose the bands of wickedness, To shake off the burdens of the yoke, And to send out the oppressed free, And every yoke ye draw off?

Cause <FI>it<Fi> to come, O Jehovah, for I <FI>am<Fi> Thy servant. I <FI>am<Fi> Thy servant, son of Thy handmaid, Thou hast opened my bonds.

and he--he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,

Jesus Christ yesterday and to-day the same, and to the ages;

beloved, now, children of God are we, and it was not yet manifested what we shall be, and we have known that if he may be manifested, like him we shall be, because we shall see him as he is;

`And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.

whom also having seized, he did put in prison, having delivered <FI>him<Fi> to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him, intending after the passover to bring him forth to the people.

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, and in all freedom, as always, also now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death,

And Jesus, having looked upon them, saith, `With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.'

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

who such a charge having received, did put them to the inner prison, and their feet made fast in the stocks.