“ Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; ”
Persecuted - Often persecuted, persecuted in all places. The Book of Acts shows how true this was. But not forsaken - Not deserted; nor left by God Though persecuted by people, yet they exper...
It is true that the splendid character of this ministry is for the present obscured by the earthly and physical conditions under which it is discharged. Paul is conscious that this disability is spec...
forsaken . abandoned. Greek. enkataleipo. See Acts 2:27 . cast down . Greek. kataballo. Only here, Hebrews 6:1 . Revelation 12:10 . destroyed . Greek. apollumi, as in 2 Corinthians 4:3...
Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Persecuted, but not forsaken - Διωκομενοι, αλλ' ουκ εγκαταλειπομενοι. The διωκομενοι, pursued, is peculiar to the δρομος, or race, when one...
Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Not forsaken - by God and man. Jesus was forsaken by both: so much do His sufferings exceed those of His people ( Matthew 27:46 )....
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...
Persecuted, but not forsaken. — Better, perhaps, as expressing in both terms of the clause the condition of a soldier on the field of battle, pursued, yet not abandoned. The next clause is again...
Chapter 12 THE VICTORY OF FAITH. 2 Corinthians 4:7-18 (R.V) IN the opening verses of this chapter Paul has magnified his office, and his equipment for it. He has risen to a great height, poeti...
the Inward Life Triumphant over Affliction 2 Corinthians 4:7-18 Few men have been more conscious of their weakness than was the Apostle. The earthen vessel had become very cracked and scratched...
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...
(8) We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; (9) Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; (10) Always bearing about in the body the...
Persecuted, but not forsaken ,.... Pursued from place to place, and followed with menaces, curses, and reproaches; laid hold on, proscribed, imprisoned, and threatened with the severest tortures, an...
Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Ver. 9. Persecuted, but not forsaken ] The Church may be shaken, not shivered; persecuted, not conquered. ( Concuti, non excuti.) Roma...
We are troubled The four articles in this verse respect inward, the four in the next outward afflictions. In each clause the former part shows the earthen vessels; the latter, the excellence of the...
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...
The Apostles' Sufferings and Supports. A. D. 57. 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not...
Persecuted; violently pursued and prosecuted by such as are the adversaries of the gospel, and enemies to our Lord Jesus, because of our profession of him, and preaching his gospel; but yet not...
‘We are pressed on every side, yet not pressed in; perplexed, yet not to despair; pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed; always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that...
CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 4:8 .—“Pressed for room, and still having room” (Stanley). “Perplexed, but not utterly perplexed” (Beet). Apparent, not real, contradiction to 2 Corinthians 1:8 (sa...
2 Corinthians 4:8-9 The Broken Life. The mystery of evil has many aspects. There is one which is contained in that sad word, waste. How much that was born with each one of us must pass unused and...
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...
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed. Trials in the cause of Christ I. The trials encountered in the cause of Christ are sometimes very great. “We are troubled on every side.” The...
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...
Paul's bodily weakness:
2 Corinthians 7:6 ; Hebrews 13:5 ; Isaiah 43:2 ; Isaiah 62:4 ; Job 22:29 ; Job 5:17-19 ; Psalms 22:1 ; Psalms 37:24 ; Psalms 37:25 ; Psalms 37:28 ; Psalms 42:11 ; Psalms 42:5 ; Psalms 9:...