2 Timothy 2:9 meaning and explanation

for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!

2 Timothy 2:9, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul writes from prison to Timothy, his younger coworker, and names the cost of the gospel he preaches. He has been treated as a criminal, chained like one; the Greek word kakourgos means an evildoer.

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