Boldness
Every entry below is printed as its editors wrote it, with the edition named.
ISBE 191511 verse references
ISBE 1915
From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915). Where it reports or adopts critical theories, those are the views of its writers or the scholars they cite; Gospel Companion holds the historic Christian view of Scripture.
bold'-nes (parresia, "confidence," "fearlessness," "freedom of speech"): This was one of the results of discipleship (Ac 4:13,29,31; Eph 3:12; Php 1:20; 1Ti 3:13; 1Jo 4:17). It was a necessary qualification for the work assigned them. They were not only subject to violent persecutions, but also were the constant subject of ridicule and contempt. Paul uses the word in the sense of plainness in 2Co 3:12. In Heb 10:19; 1Jo 2:28; 4:17, it has the sense of freeness resulting from confidence. In Phm 1:8, the reference is to the authority which Paul claims in this case.
Jacob W. Kapp
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain
In Scripture
Acts 4:13Acts 4:29Acts 4:31Ephesians 3:12Philippians 1:201 Timothy 3:131 John 4:172 Corinthians 3:12Hebrews 10:191 John 2:28Philemon 1:8
11 references found in the entries above · verse links open the World English Bible
Sources
- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · Public domain