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For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,
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An Interrupted Prayer
Scholars note that Paul begins a sentence here ('For this cause I, Paul...') but gets sidetracked by his own thoughts. He doesn't actually finish the sentence until verse 14, where he repeats 'for this cause' and says, 'I bow my knees.' The entire section from verse 2 to 13 is a passionate digression about his ministry to the Gentiles.
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Ephesians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Ephesians Chapter 3
ANALYSIS OF CHAPTER 3
This chapter properly consists of three parts:
A statement that the Gentil…
For this cause (τουτου χαριν). Use of χαριν (accusative of χαρις) as a preposition with the genitive and referring to the precedin…
19th Century
Anglican
For this cause . . .—After much discussion about the construction of this verse, there seems little doubt that the nominative,
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“For this reason” (repeated in v.14) connects immediately with 2:22, but Paul recalls 2:11–22 and perhaps what lies even further back than that. “I…
16th Century
Protestant
For this cause. Paul’s imprisonment, which should have been regarded as a confirmation of his apostleship, was undoubtedly presented by hi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ , &c.] Not actively, whom Christ had apprehended by his grace, and ma…
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For having preached the doctrine of truth, the apostle was a prisoner, but a prisoner of Jesus Christ; the object of special protection and care, w…
