but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Gospel of God in much conflict.
as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold: "This word ("bold") is always used in the New Testament of the proclamation of the gospel and denotes freedom from stress" (Cousins as quoted by Coffman 23). (See also Acts 9:27 and Ephesians 6:20.)