We are troubled, &c. — 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 power." Not crushed — Not swallowed up in care and anxiety. Perplexed — What course to take, but never despairing of his power and love to carry us through.
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2 Corinthians 4:8
8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;b