Verse 18
18. The hand of me Paul Thus far an amanuensis had written at his dictation. The apostle undertakes to affix his own autograph, and as the chain on his right hand moves over the parchment as he writes, the thought seems to occur that his chain and his imprisonment are for the sake of that precious gospel which is so grandly set forth in the epistle. A sentence more pregnant with meaning than remember my bonds, he could hardly have found. It is a touching appeal to the deepest sympathy of his brethren for himself, and to their undying fidelity to the gospel for which he was joyfully suffering so much.
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