Ephesians 3:13 — Greek Interlinear

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.”…