An example

“Therefore I, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, accepting one another in love, diligently keeping the unity of the Spirit with the peace that binds us.”Ephesians‬ ‭4‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭HCSB‬‬

Paul wrote these words whilst in prison. His encouragement to walk with humility and gentleness with patience wa something he also would have had to lay hold of. He was imprisoned the first time because the Jews wanted to kill him, and the then ruler wanted to keep the Jews onside . How did Paul take that? What were his conditions like in prison?

It is so easy to read a portion of scripture and never think about the human who wrote it. We need to consider Paul. He had authority to write what he wrote as he had endured much as a servant of Christ.

We cannot be so self-consumed that we fail to acknowledge those who have suffered to bring us Godly truth. Godly truth bring understanding and knowledge. Let us not fail to hear. Amen!