Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
For this cause (toutou xarin). Use of xarin (accusative of xariv) as a preposition with the genitive and referring to the preceding argument about God's elective grace. It is possible that Paul started to make the prayer that comes in verses Ephesians 3:14-21 when he repeats toutou xarin. If so, he is diverted by his own words "the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles" (o desmiov tou Xristou Ihsou uper umwn twn eqnwn) to set forth in a rich paragraph (Ephesians 3:1-13) God's use of him for the Gentiles.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Ephesians 3:1:
Galatians 5:2
Ephesians 3:1
Ephesians 3:14
Colossians 1:27
1 Thessalonians 2:18
1 Timothy 2:7
1 Timothy 3:16
2 Timothy 1:8
2 Timothy 2:10
Titus 1:5
Philemon 1:1
Hebrews 10:34
James 1:9
1 John 3:12
Jude 1:16
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