I bow my knees (καμπτω τα γονατα μου). He now prays whether he had at first intended to do so at 3:1 or not. Calvin supposes that …

For this cause. Some suppose that this is a resumption of what he had begun to say in Ephesians 3:1, but which had been interrupted by a l…

Unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.—The words of our Lord Jesus Christ appear, by both external and intern…

“For this reason” is repeated from v.1 as Paul proceeds along the line he had digressed from in vv.2–13. Because the Gentile Christians are now inc…

For this cause. His prayers for them are mentioned, not only to testify his regard for them, but also to excite them to pray in the same m…

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father
That is, pray to him for the perseverance of the saints; for nothing is…

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…