Prisoners

be mindful of those in bonds, as having been bound with them, of those maltreated, as also yourselves being in the body;

for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me; — read the full passage →

naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me.

`The Spirit of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance,

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;

And at midnight Paul and Silas praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were hearing them,

For Herod himself, having sent forth, did lay hold on John, and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her,

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

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.

Peter, therefore, indeed, was kept in the prison, and fervent prayer was being made by the assembly unto God for him,

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

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;

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

for also with my bonds ye sympathised, and the robbery of your goods with joy ye did receive, knowing that ye have in yourselves a better substance in the heavens, and an enduring one.

and a messenger of the Lord through the night opened the doors of the prison, having also brought them forth, he said,

And John having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples,

added also this to all, that he shut up John in the prison.

and the jailor having come out of sleep, and having seen the doors of the prison open, having drawn a sword, was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners to be fled,

many blows also having laid upon them, they cast them to prison, having given charge to the jailor to keep them safely,

and Herod having sought for him, and not having found, having examined the guards, did command <FI>them<Fi> to be led away to punishment, and having gone down from Judea to Caesarea, he was abiding <FI>there<Fi> .

and having passed through a first ward, and a second, they came unto the iron gate that is leading to the city, which of its own accord did open to them, and having gone forth, they went on through one street, and immediately the messenger departed from him.

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.

and having sent, he beheaded John in the prison,

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,

in which also to the spirits in prison having gone he did preach,

Doth any one suffer evil among you? let him pray; is any of good cheer? let him sing psalms;

and Saul was making havoc of the assembly, into every house entering, and haling men and women, was giving them up to prison;

and laid their hands upon the apostles, and did put them in a public prison;

a stranger I was, and ye did not receive me; naked, and ye put not around me; infirm, and in prison, and ye did not look after me.

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

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.

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

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,

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won, — read the full passage →

Salute you doth Aristarchus, my fellow-captive, and Marcus, the nephew of Barnabas, (concerning whom ye did receive commands--if he may come unto you receive him,)

ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit, — read the full passage →

Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who <FI>are<Fi> spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself--lest thou also may be tempted; — read the full passage →

And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered up the prisoners to the captain of the barrack, but Paul was suffered to remain by himself, with the soldier guarding him.

ministrants of Christ are they? --as beside myself I speak--I more; in labours more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths many times;

having given also a direction to the centurion to keep Paul, to let <FI>him<Fi> also have liberty, and to forbid none of his own friends to minister or to come near to him.

and he would not, but having gone away, he cast him into prison, till he might pay that which was owing.

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,

in stripes, in imprisonments, in insurrections, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,

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

and they said unto her, `Thou art mad;' and she was confidently affirming <FI>it<Fi> to be so, and they said, `It is his messenger;'

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

And when our sailing to Italy was determined, they were delivering up both Paul and certain others, prisoners, to a centurion, by name Julius, of the band of Sebastus,

And when the thousand years may be finished, the Adversary shall be loosed out of his prison,

and this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment, — read the full passage →

and having beckoned to them with the hand to be silent, he declared to them how the Lord brought him out of the prison, and he said, `Declare to James and to the brethren these things;' and having gone forth, he went on to another place.

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

Paul and Timotheus, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with overseers and ministrants; — read the full passage →

And it came to pass in our going on to prayer, a certain maid, having a spirit of Python, did meet us, who brought much employment to her masters by soothsaying, — read the full passage →

Only worthily of the good news of the Christ conduct ye yourselves, that, whether having come and seen you, whether being absent I may hear of the things concerning you, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul, striving together for the faith of the good news,

`And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did <FI>it<Fi> to one of these my brethren--the least--to me ye did <FI>it<Fi> .

`Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

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 →

`And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any one, that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your trespasses;

I am thankful to God, whom I serve from progenitors in a pure conscience, that unceasingly I have remembrance concerning thee in my supplications night and day,

who had been, because of a certain sedition made in the city, and murder, cast into prison.