Luke 18:1
1-5. always—Compare Lu 18:7, "night and day."
faint—lose heart, or slacken.Luke 18:7
7. shall not God—not unjust, but the infinitely righteous Judge.
avenge—redeem from oppression. his own elect—not like this widow, the object of indifference and contempt, but dear to Him as the apple of the eye (Zec 2:8). cry day and night—whose every cry enters into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth (Jas 5:4), and how much more their incessant and persevering cries! bear long with them—rather, "in their case," or "on their account" (as) Jas 5:7, "for it"), [GROTIUS, DE WETTE, &c.].Romans 1:9
9. For God . . . whom I serve—the word denotes religious service.
with my spirit—from my inmost soul. in the gospel of his Son—to which Paul's whole religious life and official activity were consecrated. is my witness, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers—so for the Ephesians (Eph 1:15, 16); so for the Philippians (Php 1:3, 4); so for the Colossians (Col 1:3, 4); so for the Thessalonians (1Th 1:2, 3). What catholic love, what all-absorbing spirituality, what impassioned devotion to the glory of Christ among men!
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