Ephesians 3:13

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“So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.”

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BSBPD

“So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“wherefore, I ask <FI>you<Fi> not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ephesians 3:13 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 20:3saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.
  2. Isaiah 40:30Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.
  3. Zephaniah 3:16On that day they will say to Jerusalem: “Do not fear, O Zion; do not let your hands fall limp.
  4. Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
  5. 2 Corinthians 1:6If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.
  6. Galatians 6:9Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
  7. Ephesians 3:1For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...
  8. Philippians 1:12Now I want you to know, brothers, that my circumstances have actually served to advance the gospel.
  9. Philippians 2:18So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.
  10. Colossians 1:24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
  11. 1 Thessalonians 3:2We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,
  12. 2 Thessalonians 3:13But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing.
  13. Hebrews 12:3Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

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