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Text -- Ephesians 3:13 (NET)

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3:13 For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.
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Dictionary Themes and Topics: PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 1 | Minister | Love | Glory | FAINT | more
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Robertson: Eph 3:13 - -- That ye faint not ( mē enkakein ). Object infinitive with mē after aitoumai . The infinitive (present active) enkakein is a late and rare wor...

That ye faint not ( mē enkakein ).

Object infinitive with mē after aitoumai . The infinitive (present active) enkakein is a late and rare word (see already Luk 18:1; 2Th 3:13; 2Co 4:1, 2Co 4:16; Gal 6:9) and means to behave badly in, to give in to evil (en , kakos ). Paul urges all his apostolic authority to keep the readers from giving in to evil because of his tribulations for them.

Robertson: Eph 3:13 - -- Your glory ( doxa humōn ). As they could see.

Your glory ( doxa humōn ).

As they could see.

Vincent: Eph 3:13 - -- Faint ( ἐγκακεῖν ) Lit., lose heart . Κακός in classical Greek, but not in the New Testament, sometimes means cowardly .

Faint ( ἐγκακεῖν )

Lit., lose heart . Κακός in classical Greek, but not in the New Testament, sometimes means cowardly .

Wesley: Eph 3:13 - -- The not fainting is your glory.

The not fainting is your glory.

JFB: Eph 3:13 - -- "I entreat you not to be dispirited."

"I entreat you not to be dispirited."

JFB: Eph 3:13 - -- In your behalf.

In your behalf.

JFB: Eph 3:13 - -- 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...

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 Eph 3:1, "prisoner for you Gentiles." My tribulations are your spiritual "glory," as your faith is furthered thereby (1Co 4:10).

Clarke: Eph 3:13 - -- I desire that ye faint not - In those primitive times, when there was much persecution, people were in continual danger of falling away from the fai...

I desire that ye faint not - In those primitive times, when there was much persecution, people were in continual danger of falling away from the faith who were not well grounded in it. This the apostle deprecates, and advances a strong reason why they should be firm: "I suffer my present imprisonment on account of demonstrating your privileges, of which the Jews are envious: I bear my afflictions patiently, knowing that what I have advanced is of God, and thus I give ample proof of the sincerity of my own conviction. The sufferings, therefore, of your apostles are honorable to you and to your cause; and far from being any cause why you should faint, or draw back like cowards, in the day of distress, they should be an additional argument to induce you to persevere."

Calvin: Eph 3:13 - -- 13.Wherefore I desire His reason for alluding formerly to his imprisonment is now manifest. It was to prevent them from being discouraged when they h...

13.Wherefore I desire His reason for alluding formerly to his imprisonment is now manifest. It was to prevent them from being discouraged when they heard of his persecution. 134 O heroic breast, which drew from a prison, and from death itself, comfort to those who were not in danger! He says that, he endured tribulations for the Ephesians, because they tended to promote the edification of all the godly. How powerfully is the faith of the people confirmed, when a pastor does not hesitate to seal his doctrine by the surrender of his life! And accordingly he adds, which is your glory. Such lustre was thrown around his instructions, that all the churches among whom he had labored, had good reason to glory, when they beheld their faith ratified by the best of all pledges.

TSK: Eph 3:13 - -- ye : Deu 20:3; Isa 40:30,Isa 40:31; Zep 3:16; Act 14:22; Gal 6:9; 2Th 3:13; Heb 12:3-5 at : Eph 3:1; 2Co 1:6; Phi 1:12-14; Col 1:24; 1Th 3:2-4

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Barnes: Eph 3:13 - -- 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 h...

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. It was natural that they should be distressed at his sufferings, for all his privations were endured on their account. But here he tells them not to be troubled and disheartened. He was indeed suffering; but he was reconciled to it, and they should be also, since it was promoting their welfare. The word rendered "faint"- ἐκκακέω egkakeō - means literally, to turn out "a coward,"or to lose one’ s courage; then to be fainthearted, etc.; notes, 2Co 4:1. It is rendered "faint"in Luk 18:1; 2Co 4:1, 2Co 4:16; Eph 3:13, and "weary"in Gal 6:9; 2Th 3:13. It does not elsewhere occur. It is rendered here by Locke "dismayed."Koppe supposes it means that they should not suppose that the Christian religion was vain and false because he was suffering so much from his countrymen on account of it. But it rather means that they might be in danger of being discouraged by the fact that "he"was enduring so much. They might become disheartened in their attachment to a system of religion which exposed its friends to such calamities. Paul tells them that this ought not to follow. They were to be profited by all his sufferings, and they should, therefore, hold fast to a religion which was attended with so many benefits to them - though he should suffer.

Which is your glory - Which tends to your honor and welfare. You have occasion to rejoice that you have a friend who is willing thus to suffer for you; you have occasion to rejoice in all the benefits which will result to you from, his trials in your behalf.

Poole: Eph 3:13 - -- Wherefore I desire I pray you. This is an exhortation to the Ephesians, not a prayer to God, for that follows, Eph 3:14 . That ye faint not at my tr...

Wherefore I desire I pray you. This is an exhortation to the Ephesians, not a prayer to God, for that follows, Eph 3:14 .

That ye faint not at my tribulations for you the truth I have preached to you being the cause of my sufferings, and your salvation (to which they tend as a means to confirm your faith) being the end of them.

Which is your glory either he means, that their not fainting, or not falling away from Christ, by reason of his sufferings, was their glory; or rather, that his sufferings were their glory, in that he did by them seal the truth of the doctrine he had preached, being still ready to suffer for what he delivered to them.

Haydock: Eph 3:13 - -- Wherefore, I beseech you, be not discouraged nor disheartened at my tribulations and persecutions on the account of the gospel, nor at your own, wh...

Wherefore, I beseech you, be not discouraged nor disheartened at my tribulations and persecutions on the account of the gospel, nor at your own, which ought to be a subject both for you and me to glory in. (Witham)

Gill: Eph 3:13 - -- Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you,.... The apostle was a man attended with many tribulations, and great afflictions, whi...

Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you,.... The apostle was a man attended with many tribulations, and great afflictions, which he did not suffer as an evildoer, either from God or men; wherefore he was not ashamed of them, but gloried in them; yea, he took pleasure in them, having much of the presence of God in them; they did not come to him unawares, he always expected them, and was helped to look to the glory which should follow them, the view of which greatly supported him under them; and these tribulations were endured for the sake of the elect, for Christ's body's sake; the church, and among others, for the Ephesians, for the sake of preaching the Gospel among them, and for the confirmation of their faith in it; and yet they were a stumbling to them, they were ready to faint at them; but he desires they would not, since they were on account of the Gospel, which he had such a distinct knowledge of, and so clear a call to; and since they were for their sakes, and since he and they had such nearness of access to God by the faith of Christ, with so much boldness and confidence; and seeing also they turned to their account: which is your glory; meaning either that it was matter of glorying to them, and what they might boast of, that the apostle's afflictions were not for any crime that was found in him, but for preaching the Gospel to them, and that it was an honour to suffer in such a cause; or that their perseverance and constancy in the doctrines of the Gospel, notwithstanding the scandal of the cross, would be an honour to them.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Eph 3:13 Or “Or who is your glory?” The relative pronoun ἥτις (Jhti"), if divided differently, would become ἤ τ...

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TSK Synopsis: Eph 3:1-21 - --1 The hidden mystery that the Gentiles should be saved was made known to Paul by revelation;8 and to him was that grace given, that he should preach i...

Combined Bible: Eph 3:13 - --Knowing that he has suffered on their behalf, Paul says, in effect, "get a grip on it", you are caused to "glory" (shine) by means of his "sufferings"...

MHCC: Eph 3:13-19 - --The apostle seems to be more anxious lest the believers should be discouraged and faint upon his tribulations, than for what he himself had to bear. H...

Matthew Henry: Eph 3:1-13 - -- 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 observ...

Barclay: Eph 3:8-13 - --Paul saw himself as a man who had been given a double privilege. He had been given the privilege of discovering the secret that it was God's will tha...

Constable: Eph 1:3--4:1 - --II. THE CHRISTIAN'S CALLING 1:3--3:21 ". . . the first three chapters are one long prayer, culminating in the gr...

Constable: Eph 2:11--3:20 - --B. Corporate calling 2:11-3:19 New spiritual life does not just mean that we have experienced regenerati...

Constable: Eph 3:1-13 - --2. Past ignorance 3:1-13 Paul began to pray for his readers again (cf. vv. 1, 14), but he interrupted himself to tell them more about the church. What...

College: Eph 3:1-21 - --EPHESIANS 3 C. GOD'S PARTICIPATION (3:1-21) 1. God's Working in Paul (3:1-13) 1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake ...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: Ephesians (Book Introduction) The Epistle to the Ephesians From Rome a.d. 63 By Way of Introduction There are some problems of a special nature that confront us about the so-...

JFB: Ephesians (Book Introduction) THE headings (Eph 1:1, and Eph 3:1, show that this Epistle claims to be that of Paul. This claim is confirmed by the testimonies of IRENÆUS, [Against...

JFB: Ephesians (Outline) INSCRIPTION: ORIGIN OF THE CHURCH IN THE FATHER'S ETERNAL COUNSEL, AND THE SON'S BLOODSHEDDING: THE SEALING OF IT BY THE SPIRIT. THANKSGIVING AND PRA...

TSK: Ephesians 3 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Eph 3:1, The hidden mystery that the Gentiles should be saved was made known to Paul by revelation; Eph 3:8, and to him was that grace gi...

Poole: Ephesians 3 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 3

MHCC: Ephesians (Book Introduction) This epistle was written when St. Paul was a prisoner at Rome. The design appears to be to strengthen the Ephesians in the faith of Christ, and to giv...

MHCC: Ephesians 3 (Chapter Introduction) (Eph 3:1-7) The apostle sets forth his office, and his qualifications for it, and his call to it. (Eph 3:8-12) Also the noble purposes answered by it...

Matthew Henry: Ephesians (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians Some think that this epistle to the Ephesians was a circular l...

Matthew Henry: Ephesians 3 (Chapter Introduction) This chapter consists of two parts. I. Of the account which Paul gives the Ephesians concerning himself, as he was appointed by God to be the apos...

Barclay: Ephesians (Book Introduction) A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE LETTERS OF PAUL The Letters Of Paul There is no more interesting body of documents in the New Testament than the letter...

Barclay: Ephesians 3 (Chapter Introduction) Prison And Privileges (Eph_3:1-13) To understand the connection of thought in this passage it has to be noted that Eph_3:2-13 are one long parenthes...

Constable: Ephesians (Book Introduction) Introduction Historical background Almost all Christians believed in the Pauline autho...

Constable: Ephesians (Outline) Outline I. Salutation 1:1-2 II. The Christian's calling 1:3-3:21 A. Indi...

Constable: Ephesians Ephesians Bibliography Abbot, T. K. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles to the Ephesians and t...

Haydock: Ephesians (Book Introduction) THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL, THE APOSTLE, TO THE EPHESIANS. INTRODUCTION. Ephesus was a famous city, the metropolis of Asia Minor, upon the Ægean...

Gill: Ephesians (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO EPHESIANS The city of Ephesus is, by Pliny a, called the other light of Asia; Miletus was one, and Ephesus the other: it was the me...

Gill: Ephesians 3 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO EPHESIANS 3 In this chapter the apostle hints at his state and condition as a prisoner, and at the afflictions he endured for the s...

College: Ephesians (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION We are saved by grace through faith! We do not earn our salvation - it is the gift of God. This is the shocking good news of Ephesians. ...

College: Ephesians (Outline) OUTLINE I. DOCTRINE: God's Plan for Salvation - Eph 1:1-3:21 A. God's Blessings - 1:1-23 1. Salutation - 1:1-2 2. Present Blessings in Ch...

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