John Bengel Commentary - Ephesians 3:13 - 3:13

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John Bengel Commentary - Ephesians 3:13 - 3:13


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Eph 3:13. Αἰτοῦμαι) I desire,[46] ask God: comp. Eph 3:20; Eph 3:12. So, asking absolutely, Col 1:9 [“We do not cease desiring (αἰτούμενοι) for you:” viz. desiring God].-μὴ ἐκκακεῖν, not to faint) that I may not prove wanting [that there be no defect on my part], but that I may speak boldly and allure many. The infinitive referring to the same person as the finite verb I ask.[47]-θλίψεσί μου ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν, in my afflictions for you) Eph 3:1.-δόξα) [your] glory spiritual; inasmuch as your faith is assisted thereby [1Co 4:10].

[46] Not, “I desire you not to faint,” etc.; but, “I ask of God that I may not faint.”-ED.

[47] If the Engl. V. were right, “I desire that ye faint not,” there would have been ὑμᾶς expressed: but as it is not, the nom. of the finite verb is naturally the subject of the infin. which follows.-ED.