παρρησία

παῤῥησία — parrhēsía

παρρησία, παρρησίας, ἡ (πᾶν and ῤῆσις; cf. ἀρρησια silence, καταρρησις accusation, πρόρρησις prediction);

1. freedom in speaking, unreservedness in speech (Euripides, Plato, Demosthenes, others): ἡ παρρησία τίνος, Act 4:13; χρῆσθαι παρρησία, 2Co 3:12; παρρησία adverbially — freely: λαλεῖν, Joh 7:13; Joh 7:26; Joh 18:20; — openly, frankly, i. e. without concealment: Mar 8:32; Joh 11:14; — without ambiguity or circumlocution: εἶπε ἡμῖν παρρησία (Phm 1:1, Meineke edition, p. 405), Joh 10:24; — without the use of figures and comparisons, opposed to ἐν παροιμίαις: Joh 16:25, and R G in 29 (where L T Tr WH ἐν παρρησία); ἐν παρρησία, freely, Eph 6:19; μετά παρρησίας, Act 28:31; εἶπεν, Act 2:29; λαλεῖν, Act 4:29; Act 4:31.

2. free and fearless confidence, cheerful courage, boldness, assurance, (1Ma 4:18; Wis 5:1; Josephus, Antiquities 9, 10, 4; 15, 2, 7; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 23)): Php 1:20 (opposed to αἰσχύνεσθαι, cf. Wiesinger at the passage); ἐν πίστει, resting on, 1Ti 3:13, cf. Huther at the passage; ἔχειν παρρησίαν εἰς τί, Heb 10:19; πολλή μοι (ἐστι) παρρησία πρός ὑμᾶς, 2Co 7:4; of the confidence impelling one to do something, ἔχειν παρρησία with an infinitive of the thing to be done, Phm 1:8 (Test xii. Patr., test. Rub. 4); of the undoubting confidence of Christians relative to their fellowship with God, Eph 3:12; Heb 3:6; Heb 10:35; μετά παρρησίας, Heb 4:16; ἔχειν παρρησίαν, opposed to αἰσχύνεσθαι to be covered with shame, 1Jn 2:28; before the judge, 1Jn 4:17; with πρός τόν Θεόν added, 1Jn 3:21; 1Jn 5:14.

3. the deportment by which one becomes conspicuous or secures publicity (Philo de victim. offer. § 12): ἐν παρρησία, before the public, in view of all, Joh 7:4 (opposed to ἐν τῷ κρύπτω); Joh 11:54 (without ἐν); Col 2:15 (where cf. Lightfoot).