Luk 18:1, 7, Rom 1:9 | JFB | STEP | 1-5. always-- Compare , "night and day." faint-- lose heart, or slacken.

‏ Luke 18:1

CHAPTER 18 Lu 18:1-8. Parable of the Importunate Widow.

1-5. always--Compare Lu 18:7, "night and day."

faint--lose heart, or slacken.

‏ Luke 18:7

6-8. the Lord--a name expressive of the authoritative style in which He interprets His own parable.

‏ 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 (Ep 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!