Paul replied,“ Whether quickly or not, I pray to God that both you and everyone here in this audience might become the same as I am, except for these chains.”

保罗说：“无论是少劝是多劝，我向神所求的，不但你一个人，就是今天一切听我的，都要像我一样，只是不要像我有这些锁链。”

保罗说：“无论少劝还是多劝，我向上帝所求的，不但你一个人，就是今天所有听我说话的人都要像我一样，只是不要有这些锁链。”

保罗说：“无论少劝还是多劝，我向神所求的，不但你一个人，就是今天所有听我说话的人都要像我一样，只是不要有这些锁链。”

保罗说：“不论话多话少，我求上帝不仅使你，也使今天在座的各位都能像我一样，只是不要像我这样带着锁链。”

保罗说：“无论时间短也好，时间长也好，我向神所求的，不单是你，而且是今天所有的听众，都能像我一样作基督徒，只是不要有这些锁链。”

保罗说：“无论话多话少，我向神祈求的，不仅是您，还有今天所有听我讲话的人都能成为像我这样的人，只是不要有这些锁链！”

保羅說：「無論是少勸是多勸，我向神所求的，不但你一個人，就是今天一切聽我的，都要像我一樣，只是不要像我有這些鎖鍊。」

保羅說：「無論少勸還是多勸，我向上帝所求的，不但你一個人，就是今天所有聽我說話的人都要像我一樣，只是不要有這些鎖鏈。」

保羅說：「無論少勸還是多勸，我向神所求的，不但你一個人，就是今天所有聽我說話的人都要像我一樣，只是不要有這些鎖鏈。」

保羅說：「不論話多話少，我求上帝不僅使你，也使今天在座的各位都能像我一樣，只是不要像我這樣帶著鎖鏈。」

保羅說：“無論時間短也好，時間長也好，我向神所求的，不單是你，而且是今天所有的聽眾，都能像我一樣作基督徒，只是不要有這些鎖鍊。”

保羅說：『我禱告上帝、無論用幾句、或許多句、不但使你、也使今天聽我的人、都像我這樣，可不要有這些鎖鍊。』

保羅說：「無論話多話少，我向神祈求的，不僅是您，還有今天所有聽我講話的人都能成為像我這樣的人，只是不要有這些鎖鏈！」

保羅曰、我求上帝、無論以少以多、不獨使爾、即凡今日聽我者、除此械繫、均與我無異也、○

保羅曰、豈幾之云乎、豈獨爾一人乎、我求上帝、凡今日聽我者、一切與我無異、惟毋若我械繫耳、

保羅曰、我求天主、不獨使爾一人、亦使凡今日聽我者、不第幾之云、乃全然似我、惟毋若我在縲絏中耳、○

葆樂曰：『幾希幾多、無關宏旨！予向天主馨香禱祝者、不惟使王、即今日所有聽眾亦咸能如予、第不欲如予之鎯鐺被身耳！』

Paul replied,“ Short time or long— I pray to God that not only you but all who are listening to me today may become what I am, except for these chains.”

Paul replied,“ I don’t care if it takes a short time or a long time. I pray to God for you and all who are listening to me today. I pray that you may become like me, except for these chains.”

And Paul said,“ Whether short or long, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day might become such as I am— except for these chains.”

“ I wish before God,” replied Paul,“ that whether easily or with difficulty, not only you but all who listen to me today might become as I am— except for these chains.”

And Paul said,“ I would wish to God that even in a short or long time not only you, but also all who hear me this day would become such as I myself am, except for these chains.”

And Paul said,“ I would to God that not only you, but also all who hear me today, might become both almost and altogether such as I am, except for these chains.”

And Paul said, I would to God, that whether with little or with much, not thou only, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except these bonds.

“ I wish before God,” replied Paul,“ that whether easily or with difficulty, not only you but all who listen to me today might become as I am— except for these chains.”

And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

Paul replied,“ I pray to God that whether in a short or a long time not only you but also all those who are listening to me today could become such as I am, except for these chains.”

Paul said,“ I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me today, might become such as I am, except for these bonds.”

But I wish everyone were single, just as I am. Yet each person has a special gift from God, of one kind or another.

Then the commander arrested him and ordered him bound with two chains. He asked the crowd who he was and what he had done.

I am in chains now, still preaching this message as God’s ambassador. So pray that I will keep on speaking boldly for him, as I should.

“ If only the Lord had killed us back in Egypt,” they moaned.“ There we sat around pots filled with meat and ate all the bread we wanted. But now you have brought us into this wilderness to starve us all to death.”

You think you already have everything you need. You think you are already rich. You have begun to reign in God’s kingdom without us! I wish you really were reigning already, for then we would be reigning with you.

Dear brothers and sisters, the longing of my heart and my prayer to God is for the people of Israel to be saved.

Of course, I have no need of human witnesses, but I say these things so you might be saved.

The king was overcome with emotion. He went up to the room over the gateway and burst into tears. And as he went, he cried,“ O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you! O Absalom, my son, my son.”

One day the girl said to her mistress,“ I wish my master would go to see the prophet in Samaria. He would heal him of his leprosy.”

With Christ as my witness, I speak with utter truthfulness. My conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm it.My heart is filled with bitter sorrow and unending grieffor my people, my Jewish brothers and sisters. I would be willing to be forever cursed— cut off from Christ!— if that would save them.

I hope you will put up with a little more of my foolishness. Please bear with me.

The night before Peter was to be placed on trial, he was asleep, fastened with two chains between two soldiers. Others stood guard at the prison gate.

And if you still refuse to listen, I will weep alone because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the Lord’s flock will be led away into exile.

During their stay of several days, Festus discussed Paul’s case with the king.“ There is a prisoner here,” he told him,“ whose case was left for me by Felix.

But Moses replied,“ Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them all!”

So we tell others about Christ, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all the wisdom God has given us. We want to present them to God, perfect in their relationship to Christ.

But as he came closer to Jerusalem and saw the city ahead, he began to weep.“ How I wish today that you of all people would understand the way to peace. But now it is too late, and peace is hidden from your eyes.