Ephesians 3:13 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹³Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

Ephesians 3:13 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Thessalonians 3:13
But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
Colossians 1:24
Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:
2 Corinthians 1:6
And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
Isaiah 40:30-31
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: …
Ephesians 3:1
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-13)

Here we have the account which Paul gives the Ephesians concerning himself, as he was appointed by God the apostle of the Gentiles. I. We may observe that he acquaints them with the tribulations and sufferings which he endured in the discharge of that office, Eph. 3:1. The first clause refers to the preceding chapter, and may be understood either of these two ways:—1. “ For this cause ,—for having…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 13)

13. “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. See on Ep 3:1, “prisoner for you Gentiles.” My tribulations are your spiritual “glory,”…