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I am suffering for you, so you should feel honored.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ephesians/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ephesians/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/ephesians/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I implore <i>you</i> not to lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ephesians/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ephesians/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ephesians/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I ask you not to become discouraged about my tribulations in your behalf, since they are your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ephesians/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Therefore I ask you not to lose heart at my tribulations on your behalf, for they are your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ephesians/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Therefore I ask you not to lose heart at my tribulations on your behalf, for they are your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ephesians/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Therefore I ask you not to lose heart at my afflictions on your behalf, which are your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ephesians/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So I ask you not to lose heart at my sufferings on your behalf, for they are your glory <i>and</i> honor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ephesians/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So, then, I ask you not to be discouraged over my afflictions on your behalf, for they are your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ephesians/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So then I ask you not to be discouraged over my afflictions on your behalf, for they are your glory. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ephesians/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Wherefore I ask that ye may not faint at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ephesians/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />This is why you should not be discouraged when I suffer for you. After all, it will bring honor to you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ephesians/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Wherefore I ask that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ephesians/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So then, I ask you not to become discouraged by the troubles I suffer for you. In fact, my troubles bring you glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ephesians/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I beg you, then, not to be discouraged because I am suffering for you; it is all for your benefit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ephesians/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So then, I ask you not to become discouraged because of my troubles on your behalf, which work toward your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ephesians/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ephesians/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I ask that you not be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which is your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ephesians/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/ephesians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Therefore I entreat you not to lose heart in the midst of my sufferings on your behalf, for they bring you honour.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ephesians/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ephesians/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ephesians/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />for this reason, I ask [you] not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/ephesians/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I implore <i>you</i> not to lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ephesians/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> wherefore, I ask you not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ephesians/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Wherefore I desire not to lose courage in my pressures for you, which is your glory.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ephesians/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Wherefore I pray you not to faint at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ephesians/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Because of this, I ask you not to be weakened by my tribulations on your behalf; for this is your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ephesians/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So I ask you not to lose heart over my afflictions for you; this is your glory. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ephesians/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I pray therefore that you may not lose heart over my sufferings for you; they are your glory.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ephesians/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I ask that I may not grow weary in my afflictions for your sakes, which is for your happiness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/ephesians/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />Because of this I request that you shall not grow weary of me by my afflictions which are for your sakes, for this is your glory.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/ephesians/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />For which cause I beseech you not to grow faint on account of my afflictions for you, which are your glory.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/ephesians/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />Therefore I ask that you faint not in my tribulations in your behalf, which is your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/ephesians/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Wherefore I beseech you, that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/ephesians/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />Wherefore I desire that you be not dejected at the tribulations I am under for your sake, which are matter of glory to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/ephesians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Therefore I entreat you not to lose heart in the midst of my sufferings on your behalf, for they bring you honour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/ephesians/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />Wherefore, I ask that ye faint not at my tribulations in your behalf, which, indeed, is your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/ephesians/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />Wherefore I desire that ye would not be discouraged at my afflictions on your account, which is your glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ephesians/3-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AfeSHen3sAQ?start=497" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ephesians/3.htm">The Mystery of the Gospel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1352.htm" title="1352: Dio (Conj) -- Wherefore, on which account, therefore. From dia and hos; through which thing, i.e. Consequently.">So</a> <a href="/greek/154.htm" title="154: aitoumai (V-PIM-1S) -- To ask, request, petition, demand. Of uncertain derivation; to ask.">I ask you</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.">not</a> <a href="/greek/1573.htm" title="1573: enkakein (V-PNA) -- To be faint, be weary. From ek and kakos; to be weak, i.e. to fail.">to be discouraged</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">because of</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: mou (PPro-G1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">my</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tais (Art-DFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2347.htm" title="2347: thlipsesin (N-DFP) -- Persecution, affliction, distress, tribulation. From thlibo; pressure.">sufferings</a> <a href="/greek/5228.htm" title="5228: hyper (Prep) -- Gen: in behalf of; acc: above. ">for</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you,</a> <a href="/greek/3748.htm" title="3748: hētis (RelPro-NFS) -- Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever. ">which</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">are</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">your</a> <a href="/greek/1391.htm" title="1391: doxa (N-NFS) -- From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application.">glory.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">14</span>... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-6.htm">2 Corinthians 1:6-7</a></span><br />If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience. / And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/1-29.htm">Philippians 1:29-30</a></span><br />For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him, / since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/1-24.htm">Colossians 1:24</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/2-10.htm">2 Timothy 2:10</a></span><br />For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-3.htm">Romans 5:3-5</a></span><br />Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; / perseverance, character; and character, hope. / And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/4-12.htm">1 Peter 4:12-13</a></span><br />Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you. / But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-16.htm">2 Corinthians 4:16-17</a></span><br />Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day. / For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/14-22.htm">Acts 14:22</a></span><br />strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:3-4</a></span><br />so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this. / Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/12-3.htm">Hebrews 12:3</a></span><br />Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-9.htm">2 Corinthians 12:9-10</a></span><br />But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. / That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-17.htm">Romans 8:17-18</a></span><br />And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him. / I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-2.htm">James 1:2-4</a></span><br />Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, / because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. / Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/16-33.htm">John 16:33</a></span><br />I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-11.htm">Matthew 5:11-12</a></span><br />Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. / Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Why I desire that you faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.</p><p class="hdg">ye.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/20-3.htm">Deuteronomy 20:3</a></b></br> And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/40-30.htm">Isaiah 40:30,31</a></b></br> Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zephaniah/3-16.htm">Zephaniah 3:16</a></b></br> In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: <i>and to</i> Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.</p><p class="hdg">at.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ephesians/3-1.htm">Ephesians 3:1</a></b></br> For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/1-6.htm">2 Corinthians 1:6</a></b></br> And whether we be afflicted, <i>it is</i> for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, <i>it is</i> for your consolation and salvation.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/philippians/1-12.htm">Philippians 1:12-14</a></b></br> But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things <i>which happened</i> unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ephesians/3-1.htm">Behalf</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-17.htm">Beseech</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-5.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-4.htm">Discouraged</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-1.htm">Entreat</a> <a href="/galatians/6-9.htm">Faint</a> <a href="/galatians/4-13.htm">Feeble</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-9.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-18.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-15.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/galatians/6-9.htm">Lose</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-26.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/13-9.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/ephesians/3-1.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/galatians/5-11.htm">Suffering</a> <a href="/galatians/3-4.htm">Sufferings</a> <a href="/romans/5-3.htm">Tribulations</a> <a href="/galatians/6-2.htm">Troubles</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-11.htm">Wherefore</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ephesians/5-2.htm">Behalf</a> <a href="/ephesians/3-14.htm">Beseech</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-19.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/colossians/3-21.htm">Discouraged</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-1.htm">Entreat</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-13.htm">Faint</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-15.htm">Feeble</a> <a href="/ephesians/3-16.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-1.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-2.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/titus/3-12.htm">Lose</a> <a href="/philippians/2-15.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-18.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/ephesians/3-14.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/philippians/1-29.htm">Suffering</a> <a href="/philippians/3-10.htm">Sufferings</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/3-3.htm">Tribulations</a> <a href="/philippians/4-14.htm">Troubles</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-8.htm">Wherefore</a><div class="vheading2">Ephesians 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ephesians/3-1.htm">The hidden mystery that the Gentiles should be saved was made known to Paul by revelation;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ephesians/3-8.htm">and to him was that grace given, that he should preach it.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ephesians/3-13.htm">He desires them not to be discouraged over his tribulation;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ephesians/3-14.htm">and prays that they may perceive the great love of Christ toward them.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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His request for them not to be discouraged highlights his pastoral concern and leadership. Despite his imprisonment, Paul remains focused on the spiritual well-being of the believers. This reflects the biblical principle of perseverance in faith, as seen in <a href="/james/1-2.htm">James 1:2-4</a>, where believers are encouraged to find joy in trials because they produce perseverance.<p><b>because of my sufferings for you,</b><br>Paul's sufferings are a direct result of his mission to preach the Gospel to the Gentiles, which includes the Ephesians. His imprisonment is a testament to his dedication to spreading the message of Christ. Historically, Paul's missionary journeys and subsequent imprisonments are well-documented in the Book of Acts, particularly in <a href="/acts/21.htm">Acts 21-28</a>. His sufferings serve as a model of Christ-like sacrifice, echoing Jesus' own words in <a href="/john/15-20.htm">John 15:20</a>, where He warns His followers that they will face persecution.<p><b>which are your glory.</b><br>Paul's sufferings are described as the Ephesians' glory because they are a part of God's plan to bring the Gospel to the Gentiles. This reflects the mystery of the Gospel, which Paul elaborates on earlier in <a href="/ephesians/3-6.htm">Ephesians 3:6</a>, where he explains that Gentiles are co-heirs with Israel. The concept of glory here is tied to the idea of sharing in the divine nature and the ultimate redemption and unity of all believers, as seen in <a href="/romans/8-17.htm">Romans 8:17</a>, where believers are described as co-heirs with Christ, sharing in His sufferings and glory.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a></b><br>The author of the letter to the Ephesians, writing from prison. His sufferings are central to this verse.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_ephesians.htm">The Ephesians</a></b><br>The recipients of the letter, a group of believers in Ephesus, a major city in Asia Minor.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul's_imprisonment.htm">Paul's Imprisonment</a></b><br>The context of Paul's writing, highlighting his physical and emotional trials for the sake of the Gospel.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_church.htm">The Church</a></b><br>Represents the collective body of believers who are encouraged by Paul's perseverance.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/suffering_for_the_gospel.htm">Suffering for the Gospel</a></b><br>A recurring theme in Paul's letters, emphasizing the cost of discipleship and the glory it brings.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_suffering_in_the_christian_life.htm">Understanding Suffering in the Christian Life</a></b><br>Suffering is not a sign of failure but a part of the Christian journey that can lead to spiritual growth and glory.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_perseverance.htm">The Role of Perseverance</a></b><br>Believers are called to persevere through trials, knowing that their endurance can inspire and strengthen others in the faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_glory_in_suffering.htm">The Glory in Suffering</a></b><br>Suffering for the sake of the Gospel is not in vain; it brings glory to God and can be a testament to His power and grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/encouragement_in_community.htm">Encouragement in Community</a></b><br>The church community should support and encourage one another, especially when facing trials, as Paul did for the Ephesians.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/perspective_on_trials.htm">Perspective on Trials</a></b><br>Viewing trials through the lens of eternity helps believers to remain steadfast and hopeful, trusting in God's ultimate plan.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ephesians_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ephesians 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_tyre's_role_in_the_bible.htm">What are Ignatius's key teachings in his letters?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_congenital_blindness_if_god_designed.htm">Why do some people suffer from congenital blindness if God designed their bodies?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'do_not_lose_heart'_mean.htm">What does "do not lose heart" mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_apostles_rejoice_after_flogging.htm">Acts 5:41-42: Why would the apostles rejoice after suffering public flogging, and is this reaction consistent with human nature or historical norms?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ephesians/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">Wherefore I desire . . .</span>--The verse is parenthetical--a reflection suggested by the greatness of the trust and the littleness of the minister dwelt upon in <a href="/context/ephesians/3-8.htm" title="To me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;">Ephesians 3:8-12</a>, and inserted as a warning to the Ephesians not to be disheartened at the present "tribulation" of his imprisonment, as if it were a failure of his mission. (See this idea more fully worked out in <a href="/context/philippians/1-12.htm" title="But I would you should understand, brothers, that the things which happened to me have fallen out rather to the furtherance of the gospel;">Philippians 1:12-29</a>.) "To faint" (as in <a href="/2_corinthians/4-1.htm" title="Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;">2Corinthians 4:1</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/4-16.htm" title="For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.">2Corinthians 4:16</a>; <a href="/galatians/6-9.htm" title="And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.">Galatians 6:9</a>; <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-13.htm" title="But you, brothers, be not weary in well doing.">2Thessalonians 3:13</a>) is "to play the coward," as "thinking it (see <a href="/context/1_peter/4-12.htm" title="Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you:">1Peter 4:12-13</a>) a strange thing" that trouble should fall on him or them. It might well seem strange, when for four years at least, at Caesarea and Rome, the marvellous activity of St. Paul's Apostolic career was apparently cut short. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ephesians/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Wherefore I beg that ye faint not at my tribulations for you.</span> A very delicate and touching request, that they would not be too much distressed by what he was suffering for them (comp. Epaphroditus, <a href="/philippians/2-26.htm">Philippians 2:26</a>). Paul knew that the sympathy was so strong that what was suffered by him was endured sympathetically by them. Two expressions denote that the sufferings were great: "My tribulations for you" - a word expressing intense and protracted suffering; "that <span class="accented">ye faint not</span>," or that ye do not lose heart, as if the power of evil had got the upper hand. <span class="cmt_word">Which is your glory.</span> That is, the character or capacity of the apostle of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, in which I suffer tribulation, is one of such exalted dignity as to reflect glory on you. Take that view of my sufferings; I suffer because I hold so glorious an office, and the glory of that office is reflected on you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ephesians/3-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">So</span><br /><span class="grk">Διὸ</span> <span class="translit">(Dio)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1352.htm">Strong's 1352: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wherefore, on which account, therefore. From dia and hos; through which thing, i.e. Consequently.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I ask [you]</span><br /><span class="grk">αἰτοῦμαι</span> <span class="translit">(aitoumai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_154.htm">Strong's 154: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ask, request, petition, demand. Of uncertain derivation; to ask.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">not</span><br /><span class="grk">μὴ</span> <span class="translit">(mē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3361.htm">Strong's 3361: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to be discouraged</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐνκακεῖν</span> <span class="translit">(enkakein)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Infinitive Active<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1573.htm">Strong's 1573: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be faint, be weary. From ek and kakos; to be weak, i.e. to fail.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because of</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐν</span> <span class="translit">(en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my</span><br /><span class="grk">μου</span> <span class="translit">(mou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> </span><span class="str2">I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sufferings</span><br /><span class="grk">θλίψεσίν</span> <span class="translit">(thlipsesin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2347.htm">Strong's 2347: </a> </span><span class="str2">Persecution, affliction, distress, tribulation. From thlibo; pressure.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑπὲρ</span> <span class="translit">(hyper)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5228.htm">Strong's 5228: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gen: in behalf of; acc: above. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">you,</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑμῶν</span> <span class="translit">(hymōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> </span><span class="str2">You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">which</span><br /><span class="grk">ἥτις</span> <span class="translit">(hētis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3748.htm">Strong's 3748: </a> </span><span class="str2">Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">are</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐστὶν</span> <span class="translit">(estin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> </span><span class="str2">I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑμῶν</span> <span class="translit">(hymōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> </span><span class="str2">You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">glory.</span><br /><span class="grk">δόξα</span> <span class="translit">(doxa)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1391.htm">Strong's 1391: </a> </span><span class="str2">From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ephesians/3-13.htm">Ephesians 3:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ephesians/3-13.htm">Ephesians 3:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ephesians/3-13.htm">Ephesians 3:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ephesians/3-13.htm">Ephesians 3:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ephesians/3-13.htm">Ephesians 3:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ephesians/3-13.htm">Ephesians 3:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ephesians/3-13.htm">Ephesians 3:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ephesians/3-13.htm">Ephesians 3:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ephesians/3-13.htm">Ephesians 3:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ephesians/3-13.htm">Ephesians 3:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ephesians/3-13.htm">NT Letters: Ephesians 3:13 Therefore I ask that you may not (Ephes. 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