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Ephesians 3:13

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

KJV

Διὸ αἰτοῦμαι μὴ ἐνκακεῖν ἐν ταῖς θλίψεσίν μου ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν, ἥτις ἐστὶν δόξα ὑμῶν.

Greek NT

Propter quod peto ne deficiatis in tribulationibus meis pro vobis : quæ est gloria vestra.

Vulgate

Wherefore I ask that ye may not faint at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.

ASV

Wherefore I pray you not to faint at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἰτέω
aiteo
verb · 70×
διό
dio
conjunction · 52×
δόξα
doxa
noun · 166×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θλῖψις
thlipsis
noun · 45×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐκκακέω
ekkakeo
verb · 6×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
o
article · 19778×
ὅστις
ostis
relative_pronoun · 146×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὑπέρ
uper
preposition · 148×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἐγκακεῖν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐγκακεῖν | RP: ἐκκακεῖν
  • ἐγκακεῖνSBLGNT
  • ἐγκακεῖνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐκκακεῖνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 4:16 — Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
  • 1Thess 3:3 — That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
  • 1Tim 2:1 — I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
  • 2Cor 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 consol
  • 2Cor 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 consol
  • 2Cor 4:1 — Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
  • 2Thess 3:13 — But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
  • 2Tim 1:8 — Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
  • 2Tim 2:10 — Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
  • Acts 14:22 — Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
  • Acts 20:24 — But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel
  • Col 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:
  • Col 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:
  • Deut 20:3 — 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;
  • Eph 3:1 — For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
  • Gal 6:9 — And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
  • Gal 6:9 — And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
  • Heb 12:3 — For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
  • Isa 40:30 — Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
  • Isa 55:6 — Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
  • Phil 1:12 — But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
  • Phil 2:18 — For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
  • Phil 2:26 — For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
  • Prov 24:10 — If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
  • Rom 5:3 — And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
  • Zeph 3:16 — In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
  • Zeph 3:16 — In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.