Suffering in a dank, underground Roman prison (one you can visit today), Paul wrote of his situation in a letter to a young pastor watching from afar.

Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel, for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God’s word is not chained.

Paul, the great missionary statesman, languished under arrest. But despite his status, the good news Paul proclaimed remained free. The message of God as found in the Bible might be buried, lost, covered up, outlawed, criminalized, ridiculed or spat upon, but it cannot be chained.

The word of God remains living and active, despite successive generations taking actions against it. Even today the Scriptures cut through chains. Spend time within the book and drop some of yours.

2 Timothy 2:9 in Through the Bible in 2024

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