“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.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 3:13
“Wherefore I ask that you faint not at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.” How is it “for them?” How is it “their glory?” It is because God so loved them, as to give even the Son for them, and to afflict His servants for them: for it was in order that they might attain so many blessings, that Paul was in prison. Surely this was from God's exceeding love towards them: it is what God also says concerning the Prophets, “I have slain them by the words of my mouth.”…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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