Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

Wherein - In proclaiming which Gospel.

I suffer trouble - `evil.' I am a sufferer of evil as though I were a doer of evil.

Bonds ().

Word of God is not bound. Though my person is bound, my tongue and pen are not (; ; ). Rather, he includes the freedom of the circulation of the Gospel by others (). He also hints that Timothy, being free, ought to be the more earnest in circulating it.

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