That ye faint not (μη ενκακειν). Object infinitive with μη after αιτουμα. The infinitive (present active) ενκακειν is a late and r…

Wherefore I desire that ye faint not. The connection here is this: Paul was then a prisoner at Rome. He had been imprisoned as a consequen…

Wherefore I desire...—This verse is parenthetical—a reflection suggested by the greatness of the trust and the littleness…

Paul rounds off his account (begun in v.2) of the administration of God’s grace that has been entrusted to him. He makes a request, arising from wh…

Wherefore I desire. His reason for previously alluding to his imprisonment is now clear. It was to prevent them from being discouraged whe…

Wherefore I desire that you faint not at my tribulations for
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The apostle was a man …

The apostle seems to be more anxious that the believers should not be discouraged and faint because of his tribulations, than for what he himself h…