freedom in speaking, unreservedness in speech
openly, frankly, i.e without concealment
without ambiguity or circumlocution
without the use of figures and comparisons
free and fearless confidence, cheerful courage, boldness, assurance
the deportment by which one becomes conspicuous or secures publicity (Thayer )
Speaking The Truth In Love
1. Mark 8:31-33:And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. (First use in Gospels context)
2. John 7:4: he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things,
3. John 7:13: Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear
4. John 7:26: But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him.
5. John 10:24: dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
6. John 11:14: said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
7. John 11:54: walked no more openly among the Jews; but
8. John 16:25: but I shall show you plainly of the Father.
9. John 16:29: Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
10. John 18:20: him, I spake openly to the world; I ever
11. Acts 2:29: Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you
12. Acts 4:13: "Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and"
13. Acts 4:29: unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
14. Acts 4:31: the word of God with boldness.
15. Acts 28:31: Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
16. 2 Corinthians 3:8-14How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. (First use in Church epistles context)
17. 2 Corinthians 7:4: Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying
18. Ephesians 3:12: In whom we have boldness and access with confidence
19. Ephesians 6:19: may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery
20. Philippians 1:20: but that with all boldness, as always, so now also
21. Colossians 2:15: and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in
22. 1 Timothy 3:13: degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in"
23. Philemon 1:8: Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee
24. Hebrews 3:6: if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing
25. Hebrews 4:16: "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that
26. Hebrews 10:19: Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest
27. Hebrews 10:35: Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great
28. 1 John 2:28: when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before
29. 1 John 3:21: us not, then have we confidence toward God.
30. 1 John 4:17: love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day
31. 1 John 5:14: this is the confidence that we have in him,
