Ephesians 3:13
Therefore I pray, that I may not be discouraged by my afflictions, which are for your sakes; for this is your glory.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
In Context
12through whom we have boldness and access, in the confidence of his faith.
14And I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah,
Cross References
2 Corinthians 1:6And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and for your life that we are afflicted; or whether we be comforted, it is, that ye may be comforted; and that there may be in you an eagerness, wherewith ye may endure those sufferings which we also suffer.
Ephesians 3:1On this account, I Paul am a prisoner of Jesus the Messiah, for the sake of you Gentiles:
Philippians 2:18And so also do ye rejoice and exult with me.
1 Thessalonians 3:2and to send to you Timothy our brother, a servant of God, and our assistant in the announcement of the Messiah; that he might strengthen you, and inquire of you respecting 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 →