Ephesians 3:13 BSB — MannaFest

Ephesians 3:13

So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.

BSB

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ASV

Wherefore I ask that ye may not faint at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.

KJV

Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

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Commentary

3 voices

Origen of Alexandria

EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS (253)

One person will say that he attaches the words "which is your glory" to the tribulations … another to the boldness or else to the access or the faith. For boldness [or freedom of speech] is the glory to the one who possesses it, and access can be called the glory of the one who has access to God and faith the glory of the one with faith.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Observe, Not only the faithful ministers of Christ themselves, but their people too, have some special cause for joy and glorying, when they suffer for the sake of dispensing the gospel.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Wherefore I desire that ye faint not - The connection here is this. Paul was then a prisoner at Rome. He had been made such in consequence of his efforts to diffuse the Christian religion among the Gentiles; see the notes at Eph 3:1. His zeal in this cause, and the opinions which he held on this subject, had roused the wrath of the Jews, and led to all the calamities which he was now suffering. Of that the Ephesians. he supposes, were aware.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

"I entreat you not to be dispirited." for you--in your behalf. which is--rather, "which are your glory," namely, inasmuch as showing that God loved you so much, as both to give His Son for you, and to permit His apostles to suffer "tribulations" for you [CHRYSOSTOM] in preaching the Gospel to the Gentiles.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
διὸ	dio	Therefore	G1352 →
αἰτοῦμαι	aitoumai	I implore [you]	G154 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἐγκακεῖν	egkakein	to lose heart	G1573 →
ἐν	en	at	G1722 →
ταῖς	tais	the	G3588 →
θλίψεσίν	thlipsesin	tribulations	G2347 →
μου	mou	of mine	G3165 →
ὑπὲρ	huper	for	G5228 →
ὑμῶν,	humōn	you,	G4771 →
ἥτις	hētis	which	G3748 →
ἐστὶν	estin	is	G1510 →
δόξα	doxa	glory	G1391 →
ὑμῶν.¶	humōn	of you.	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Colossians 1:24
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
leads to
- 2 Timothy 1:8
  So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Romans 5:3
  Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
- 2 Corinthians 1:5–8
  For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
- 2 Timothy 2:9–10
  for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
- Philippians 3:10
  I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,
Through
2 Thessalonians 3:13
But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing.
leads to
- Galatians 6:9–10
  Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
- Hebrews 12:3
  Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
- 2 Corinthians 4:1
  Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Ephesians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Ephesians