For the elect's sake

(δια τους εκλεκτους). "Because of the elect." God's elect (Romans 8:33; Colossians 3:12; Titus 1:1) for whom Paul suffered so much (Colossians 1:6; Colossians 12:15; Philippians 2:17; Ephesians 3:1; Ephesians 3:13).That they also may obtain

(ινα κα αυτο τυχωσιν). Purpose clause with second aorist (effective) active subjunctive of τυγχανω with genitive. "They as well as I," Paul means.The salvation

(της σωτηριας). The final salvation "with eternal glory" (μετα δοξης αιωνιου). This phrase only here and 1 Peter 5:10, but in 2 Corinthians 4:17 we have "eternal weight of glory."

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Old Testament