but in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord, being ready at all times to make a defense to all who ask (aitounti | αἰτοῦντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) you for (aitounti | αἰτοῦντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) a word concerning the hope that is in you.

You ask (aiteite | αἰτεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) and do not receive because you (aiteisthe | αἰτεῖσθε | pres mid ind 2 pl) ask (aiteisthe | αἰτεῖσθε | pres mid ind 2 pl) for the wrong reason, that you can spend it on your pleasures.

You desire and do not have; you murder and envy and cannot obtain; you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do (aiteisthai | αἰτεῖσθαι | pres mid inf ) not ask (aiteisthai | αἰτεῖσθαι | pres mid inf ).

But he must ask (aiteitō | αἰτείτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) in faith without doubting, for the doubter is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed about.

But if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask (aiteitō | αἰτείτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) God, who gives to everyone generously, not demanding something in return, and it will be given to him.

For this reason, we from the day we heard about you, we have not ceased praying for you and asking (aitoumenoi | αἰτούμενοι | pres mid ptcp nom pl masc) that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will his in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, spiritual

Now to the one who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask (aitoumetha | αἰτούμεθα | pres mid ind 1 pl) or imagine, according to the power that is working within us,

I (aitoumai | αἰτοῦμαι | pres mid ind 1 sg) ask (aitoumai | αἰτοῦμαι | pres mid ind 1 sg) you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings on your behalf, which are your glory.

For Jews demand (aitousin | αἰτοῦσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) signs and Greeks are looking for wisdom,

When I came to Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, asking (aitoumenoi | αἰτούμενοι | pres mid ptcp nom pl masc) for a guilty verdict against him.