Those In Jail

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;

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

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

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

Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you,

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold; — read the full passage →

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

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

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

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

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

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

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,

To open the eyes of the blind, To bring forth from prison the bound one, From the house of restraint those sitting in darkness.

For Jehovah hearkeneth unto the needy, And His bound ones He hath not despised.

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> on me, Because Jehovah did anoint me To proclaim tidings to the humble, He sent me to bind the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives liberty, And to bound ones an opening of bands.

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

Doing judgment for the oppressed, Giving bread to the hungry.

For the saving grace of God was manifested to all men, — 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;

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 →

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.

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

`As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;

and thou hast said, Thus said the king, Place ye this one in the house of restraint, and cause him to eat bread of oppression, and water of oppression, till my coming in peace.'

and the chief of the round-house giveth into the hand of Joseph all the prisoners who <FI>are<Fi> in the round-house, and of all that they are doing there, he hath been doer;

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 become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,

See that no one shall be carrying you away as spoil through the philosophy and vain deceit, according to the deliverance of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,

and Joseph's lord taketh him, and putteth him unto the round-house, a place where the king's prisoners <FI>are<Fi> bound; and he is there in the round-house.

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 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,

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,

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.

And they take Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malchiah son of the king, that <FI>is<Fi> in the court of the prison, and they send down Jeremiah with cords; and in the pit there is no water, but mire, and Jeremiah sinketh in the mire.

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

Seeing, then, the children have partaken of flesh and blood, he himself also in like manner did take part of the same, that through death he might destroy him having the power of death--that is, the devil--

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 →

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

And he said--`That which is coming out from the man, that doth defile the man; — read the full passage →

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

And then the forces of the king of Babylon are laying siege against Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet hath been shut up in the court of the prison that <FI>is<Fi> in the house of the king of Judah,

and any who doth not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, speedily is judgment done upon him, whether to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of riches, and to bonds.'

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

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

and having sent, he beheaded John in the prison,

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 the heads are wroth against Jeremiah, and have smitten him, and put him in the prison-house--the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it they had made for a prison-house.

His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.

To hear the groan of the prisoner, To loose sons of death,

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

And the Philistines seize him, and pick out his eyes, and bring him down to Gaza, and bind him with two brazen fetters; and he is grinding in the prison-house.

and he causeth him to rest in charge--to explain to them by the mouth of Jehovah.

send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and ye, remain ye bound, and let your words be proved, whether truth be with you: and if not--Pharaoh liveth! surely ye <FI>are<Fi> spies;'

and giveth them in charge in the house of the chief of the executioners, unto the round-house, the place where Joseph <FI>is<Fi> a prisoner,

the chief of the round-house seeth not anything under his hand, because Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> with him, and that which he is doing Jehovah is causing to prosper.

And Jehovah is with Joseph, and stretcheth out kindness unto him, and putteth his grace in the eyes of the chief of the round-house;

he who is saying, `I have known him,' and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;

and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.

The salutation by the hand of me, Paul; remember my bonds; the grace <FI>is<Fi> with you. Amen.

and through him to reconcile the all things to himself--having made peace through the blood of his cross--through him, whether the things upon the earth, whether the things in the heavens.

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,

but in all these we more than conquer, through him who loved us;

And Jesus said, `Father, forgive them, for they have not known what they do;' and parting his garments they cast a lot.

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

`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> .

Lo, on the palms of the hand I have graven thee, Thy walls <FI>are<Fi> before Me continually.

I, Jehovah, did call thee in righteousness, And I lay hold on thy hand, and keep thee, And I give thee for a covenant of a people, And a light of nations.

And they have been gathered--A gathering of bound ones in a pit, And shut up they have been in a prison, And after a multitude of days are inspected.

Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.

Let the groaning of the prisoner come in before Thee, According to the greatness of Thine arm, Leave Thou the sons of death.

And Asa is angry at the seer, and giveth him to the house of torture, for <FI>he is<Fi> in a rage with him for this; and Asa oppresseth <FI>some<Fi> of the people at that time.

And the king of Asshur findeth in Hoshea a conspiracy, in that he hath sent messengers unto So king of Egypt, and hath not caused a present to go up to the king of Asshur, as year by year, and the king of Asshur restraineth him, and bindeth him in a house of restraint.

And Pharaoh sendeth and calleth Joseph, and they cause him to run out of the pit, and he shaveth, and changeth his garments, and cometh in unto Pharaoh.

and there may not at all enter into it any thing defiling and doing abomination, and a lie, but--those written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb.

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,

Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly, — read the full passage →

for we were once--also we--thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious--hating one another;

who did give himself for us, that he might ransom us from all lawlessness, and might purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works;

for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers--itching in the hearing,

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

and that by the exceeding greatness of the revelations I might not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of the Adversary, that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted overmuch. — read the full passage →

Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners; — read the full passage →

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

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

and it shall be, every one--whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.

No--I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye even so shall perish.

that they said to you, that in the last time there shall be scoffers, after their own desires of impieties going on,

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

because it is the time of the beginning of the judgment from the house of God, and if first from us, what the end of those disobedient to the good news of God?

to the company and assembly of the first-born in heaven enrolled, and to God the judge of all, and to spirits of righteous men made perfect,

all things, indeed, <FI>are<Fi> pure to the pure, and to the defiled and unstedfast <FI>is<Fi> nothing pure, but of them defiled <FI>are<Fi> even the mind and the conscience; — read the full passage →

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

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 →