“For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.”
King James Version (KJV)
6:20 An ambassador in bonds - The ambassadors of men usually appear in great pomp. How differently does the ambassador of Christ appear!
Eph 6:20 For which. The gospel. I am an ambassador in bonds. As an ambassador is sent to a foreign court to declare the will of the king, so Paul, though in chains, was Christ's ambassador sent to Rome to declare the will of his King.
For which I am an ambassador in bonds, that therein I may speake boldly, as I ought to speake.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in {proclaiming} it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For which I am a representative in chains, and that I may say without fear the things which it is right for me to say.
- Basic English Bible
for which I am an ambassador [bound] with a chain, that I may be bold in it as I ought to speak.
- Darby Bible
For which I am an embassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
- Webster's Bible
to spread which I am an ambassador in chains--so that when telling them I may speak out boldly as I ought.
- Weymouth Bible
for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
- World English Bible
for which Y am set in message in a chayne; so that in it Y be hardi to speke, as it bihoueth me.
- Wycliffe Bible
for which I am an ambassador in a chain, that in it I may speak freely -- as it behoveth me to speak.
- Youngs Literal Bible