“Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.”
I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory — Paul's petition (deomai, 'I ask') is that the Gentile readers not lose heart (ekkakeō, 'be discouraged') at his bonds; his pathēmata ('sufferings') for them (hyper hymōn) constitute doxa ('glory') for the community, redemptive solidarity.
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