“ But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: ”
But if our gospel be hid - Paul here calls it his gospel, because it was that which he preached, or the message which he bore; see note, Romans 16:25 . The sense here is, “if the gospel which I...
(2) But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: (2) An objection: many hear the Gospel, and yet are no more enlightened by it than by the preaching of the Law. He answers, "The fault...
In this paragraph the apostle recurs to the thought of 2 Corinthians 3:12 ; 2 Corinthians 2:16 ; 2 Corinthians 1:12 ; a ministry of such surpassing splendour demanded in himself and his comrades u...
if. App-118. gospel , Compare App-140. hid . hid (Greek. kaluptd, to cover or veil) also. Compare James 5:20 ; 1 Peter 4:8 , and See 2 Corinthians 3:13-16 . hid . Same verb. to . in. G...
3. But if our gospel is hid It might have been an easy thing to pour calumny upon what he had said as to the clearness of his preaching, because he had many adversaries. That calumny he repe...
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: But if our Gospel be hid - Κεκαλυμμενον· Veiled; he refers to the subject that he had treated so particularly in the conclusion of the prece...
If our Gospel be hid, &c.— If our Gospel be under a veil too, it is veiled to those that are lost —who wilfully reject it, and perish thereby. This has an evident reference to what was said ab...
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: But if - however, even if (as I grant is the case). Hid - rather (in reference to 2 Corinthians 3:13-18 ) х kekalummenon (...
1-6. The messengers of this gospel are not afraid to proclaim it, for they preach Christ, who has revealed the glory of God. 1, 2. Paraphrase. 'Having this glorious gospel to preach, we proclaim...
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost. — Better, in both cases, as keeping the sequence of thought, has been veiled, instead of “is hid,” and among them that are perishing....
Chapter 11 THE GOSPEL DEFINED. 2 Corinthians 4:1-6 (R.V) IN these verses Paul resumes for the last time the line of thought on which he had set out at 2 Corinthians 3:4 , and again at 2 Cori...
God's Glory Reflected in Christ 2 Corinthians 4:1-6 The servant of Christ must never forget that he once needed and obtained mercy. This will sustain him in many an hour when heart and flesh fa...
Continuing about the ministry, the apostle said, "We faint not," "we have renounced the hidden things of shame," "we preach... Christ Jesus as Lord." Hearing, some perish because "the god of this wor...
(1) Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; (2) But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God de...
THE HIDDEN GOSPEL ‘But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost.’ 2 Corinthians 4:3 If the Gospel be hidden, why is it hidden? A thing may be ‘hidden’ and made invisible to the...
But if our Gospel be hid ,.... When the Gospel is called ours, the meaning is, not that ministers are the authors or subject of it; but it is so styled, because they are intrusted with it; it is pre...
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: Ver. 3. To them that are lost ] It is a sign of a reprobate goat, John 8:43 ; John 8:47 "Sensual, having not the Spirit," Judges 1:19...
But if our gospel also , (so it is in the original,) be hid Κεκαλυμμενον, veiled , as well as the law of Moses; it is veiled to them that are lost Εν τοις απολλυμενοις, in those that are peris...
Chapter s 4 and 5 now show some of the precious, practical results of this ministry, seen in those entrusted with it; for it is such a ministry itself that works powerfully in them to enable them to...
Constancy and Sincerity of the Apostles; The Apostle's Integrity. A. D. 57. 1 Therefore seeing...
The apostle calls the gospel his gospel, because of his instrumentality in the promoting and publishing of it. His meaning is: If the doctrine of the gospel, which I am an instrument to preach, be...
Such A Ministry As Has Been Depicted makes Clear That Its Ministers Are Not Corrupt Because It Is Conducted In God's Glorious Light And Reveals the Unmatchable Glory of God in Jesus Christ Even Thou...
CRITICAL NOTES N.B. A continuous outpour of argument and appeal, all “alive,” and quivering, thrilling, with quick emotion, from 2 Corinthians 2:17 to 2 Corinthians 6:10 . 2 Corinthians...
2 Corinthians 4:3-4 The Gospel the Manifestation of God. I. St. Paul speaks of the gospel or good news being hid from those to whom it was proclaimed. St. Paul is not declaring what may be the co...
2 Corinthians 4:1 . Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; It is a very high privilege to be called to the work of the Christian ministry, and when the m...
2 Corinthians 4:1 . Seeing we have this ministry, of grace and reconciliation to a guilty world; the ministry of righteousness, not of condemnation; the ministry of life, and not of death; we have...
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost. The hidden gospel I. What is our gospel? You may call it either “God’s news” or “good newsy” for “God” and “good” are one and the same...
EXPOSITION The glory of the gospel ministry ( 2 Corinthians 4:1-47 ), which sustains the hearts of Christ's ministers among all weaknesses and trials ( 2 Corinthians 4:7-47 ), especially by the...
The Gospel-Message of Light and Life. Paul uses frankness in delivering his message:
1 Corinthians 1:18 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:5 ; 1 Timothy 1:11 ; 2 Corinthians 2:15 ; 2 Corinthians 2:16 ; 2 Corinthians 3:14 ; 2 Corinthians 4:4 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 ; Matthew 11:25 ; Roman...
But if our gospel also — As well as the law of Moses.