Them that are in bonds [τ ω ν δ ε σ μ ι ω ν]. See on ch. Hebrews 10:34. As bound with them [ω ς σ υ ν δ ε δ ε μ ε ν ο ι]. N. T. o. As if you were fellow - prisoners. Comp. 1 Corinthians 12:14-26; 2 Corinthians 11:29. Public intercession for prisoners has formed a part of the service of the church from the earliest times. See the prayer at the close of Clem. Rom Ad Corinth. 59. It also occurs in the daily morning service of the synagogue.

Which suffer adversity [κ α κ ο υ χ ο υ μ ε ν ω ν]. Rend. are evil entreated. See on ch. Hebrews 11:37.

As being yourselves also in the body [ω ς κ α ι α υ τ ο ι ο ν τ ε ς ε ν σ ω μ α τ ι]. As subject like them to bodily sufferings. Not in the body - the church, which would require the article. The expression ejn swmati in the sense of being still alive, only in 2 Corinthians 12:2

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