Ephesians 3:13
So I beg you not to lose heart over my tribulations in your behalf; they are your glory.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
In Context
12In him we have this fearless confidence and boldness of access through our faith in him.
14For this cause I bend my knees before the Father,
Cross References
2 Corinthians 1:6If I am afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if I am receiving comfort, it is for your comfort - a comfort produced within you by your patient fortitude, under the same sufferings which I also am enduring.
Ephesians 3:1For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles -
Philippians 2:18I will rejoice and congratulate you all; and in the same way you must rejoice and congratulate me.
1 Thessalonians 3:2I sent Timothy, my brother and God’s fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen you and to hearten you in your faith.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 3:2-14
The Apostle's Sufferings; Paul's Appointment as an Apostle; Paul's Labours as an Apostle. ( a. d. 61.) 1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, 2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: 3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, 4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) 5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now… Read the whole commentary →