Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Ver. 13. Wherefore I desire] αιτουμαι, mendico. Or, I beg of God, as one would do an alms, Acts 3:2, humbly, heartily. And here the apostle returns to his former discourse, after a long digression,Ephesians 3:2; to Ephesians 3:13 .
At my tribulations for you] For your sakes am I maliced and molested by the Jews; by whose means also I am now a prisoner.