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Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.
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Don't Lose Heart
Commentators explain that Paul, writing from prison, was concerned the Ephesians would be discouraged by his suffering. He urges them not to 'faint' or lose courage, reminding them that his tribulations were a direct result of his mission to bring the gospel to them. His imprisonment was not a sign of failure, but a consequence of his faithfulness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
That ye faint not (μη ενκακειν). Object infinitive with μη after αιτουμα. The infinitive (present active) ενκακειν is a late and r…
19th Century
Anglican
Wherefore I desire...—This verse is parenthetical—a reflection suggested by the greatness of the trust and the littleness…
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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…
16th Century
Protestant
Wherefore I desire. His reason for previously alluding to his imprisonment is now clear. It was to prevent them from being discouraged whe…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wherefore I desire that you faint not at my tribulations foryouThe apostle was a man …
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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…
