Pray that I will preach it clearly, as I should.

叫我按着所该说的话将这奥秘发明出来。

使我能按着所该说的话将这奥秘显明出来，我为此而被捆锁。

使我能按着所该说的话将这奥秘显明出来，我为此而被捆锁。

也要求上帝使我能尽自己的本分把这奥秘讲清楚。

使我照着我所应当说的，把这奥秘显明出来。

愿我能照着所当说的，把这奥秘显明出来。

叫我按着所該說的話將這奧祕發明出來。

使我能按着所該說的話將這奧祕顯明出來，我為此而被捆鎖。

使我能按着所該說的話將這奧祕顯明出來，我為此而被捆鎖。

也要求上帝使我能盡自己的本分把這奧祕講清楚。

使我照著我所應當說的，把這奧祕顯明出來。

好叫我按所應該講的將奧祕闡明出來。

願我能照著所當說的，把這奧祕顯明出來。

令我闡發之、如所當言、

求上帝俾我闡明之、如所當言、

且使我發明之、言所當言、

俾我得闡揚基督之玄妙、而暢發其底蘊。願爾祈求天主、使我能闡發聖道；我今身被桎梏正為此。

Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should.

that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.

Pray that I will proclaim this message as clearly as I should.

so that I may make it known as I should.

that I may make it clear in the way that I ought to proclaim it.

that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

so that I may reveal it as I am required to speak.

That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

Pray that I may make it known as I should.

that I may reveal it as I ought to speak.

So because of God’s mercy, we have work to do. He has given it to us. And we don’t give up.Instead, we have given up doing secret and shameful things. We don’t twist God’s word. In fact, we do just the opposite. We present the truth plainly. In the sight of God, we make our appeal to everyone’s sense of what is right and wrong.Suppose our good news is covered with a veil. Then it is veiled to those who are dying.The god of this world has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They can’t see the light of the good news that makes Christ’s glory clear. Christ is the likeness of God.

Because of the good news, I am being held by chains as the Lord’s messenger. So pray that I will be bold as I preach the good news. That’s what I should do.

Let the words you speak always be full of grace. Learn how to make your words what people want to hear. Then you will know how to answer everyone.

Peter and the other apostles replied,“ We must obey God instead of people!

I didn’t preach my message with clever and compelling words. Instead, my preaching showed the Holy Spirit’s power.This was so that your faith would be based on God’s power. Your faith would not be based on human wisdom.

“ So don’t be afraid of your enemies. Everything that is secret will be brought out into the open. Everything that is hidden will be uncovered.What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight. What is whispered in your ear, shout from the rooftops.

Give thanks to God! He always leads us as if we were prisoners in Christ’s victory parade. Through us, God spreads the knowledge of Christ everywhere like perfume.God considers us to be the pleasing smell that Christ is spreading. He is spreading it among people who are being saved and people who are dying.To those who are dying, we are the smell of death. To those who are being saved, we are the perfume of life. Who is able to do this work?Unlike many people, we aren’t selling God’s word to make money. In fact, it is just the opposite. Because of Christ we speak honestly before God. We speak like people God has sent.

Since we have that kind of hope, we are very bold.

Now, Lord, consider the bad things they say they are going to do. Help us to be very bold when we speak your word.