Daily Bible Reading 26th February 2025 // Ephesians 6:19-24
19 and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.
21 So that you also may know how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord will tell you everything. 22 I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage your hearts.
23 Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible.
Paul's reference here, to his being 'an ambassador in bonds' is highly significant. He was, of course, literally a prisoner of the Roman government when he wrote these words, but in a metaphorical and symbolic sense, and indeed in a spiritual sense also, he was in bonds, for he was the bondslave of Jesus Christ, a captive at Christ's chariot wheels, captive to His love and to the Word of God, as he makes clear in 2 Corinthians 2:14ff, and led in triumph by the Mighty Victor of Calvary. James Denney, commenting on Paul's wonderful metaphor in that passage, says,