2 Corinthians 7:5

2 Corinthians 7:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
• New International Version (NIV)For when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest, but we were harassed at every turn—conflicts on the outside, fears within.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn—fighting without and fear within.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For indeed, when we came to Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were troubled on every side. Outside were conflicts, inside were fears.

Context of 2 Corinthians 7:5

3I don’t say this to condemn you, since I have already said that you are in our hearts, to die together and to live together. 4I am very frank with you; I have great pride in you. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in all our afflictions. In fact, when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest. Instead, we were troubled in every way: conflicts on the outside, fears within. 6But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus, 7and not only by his arrival but also by the comfort he received from you. He told us about your deep longing, your sorrow, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced even more.

2 Corinthians 7:5 word by word

καὶ γὰρ ἐλθόντων ἡμῶν εἰς Μακεδονίαν οὐδεμίαν ἔσχηκεν ἄνεσιν ἡ σὰρξ ἡμῶν ἀλλ᾽ ἐν παντὶ θλιβόμενοι· ἔξωθεν μάχαι, ἔσωθεν φόβοι.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• whenκαίkai · andG2532
• we were comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• MacedoniaΜακεδονίαMakedonia · MacedoniaG3109
• ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• fleshὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• fleshσάρξsarx · fleshG4561
• hadἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• noοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• restἄνεσιςanesis · restG425
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• were troubledθλίβωthlibō · to press onG2346
• onἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• every sideπᾶςpas · allG3956
• withoutἔξωθενexōthen · outsideG1855
• fightingsμάχηmachē · quarrelG3163
• withinἔσωθενesōthen · inwardlyG2081
• fearsφόβοςphobos · fearG5401

Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 7:5

• 2 Corinthians 1:16and to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and then come to you again from Macedonia and be helped by you on my journey to Judea.
• 2 Corinthians 2:13I had no rest in my spirit because I did not find my brother Titus. Instead, I said good-bye to them and left for Macedonia.
• Acts 20:1After the uproar was over, Paul sent for the disciples, encouraged them, and after saying farewell, departed to go to Macedonia.
• 1 Corinthians 16:5I will come to you after I pass through Macedonia — for I will be traveling through Macedonia —
• 2 Corinthians 4:8We are afflicted in every way but not crushed; we are perplexed but not in despair;
• 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? I’m talking like a madman — I’m a better one: with far more labors, many more imprisonments, far worse beatings, many times near death.
• Genesis 8:9but the dove found no resting place for its foot. It returned to him in the ark because water covered the surface of the whole earth. He reached out and brought it into the ark to himself.
• Isaiah 33:12The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and burned in a fire.
• Jeremiah 8:18My joy has flown away; grief has settled on me. My heart is sick.
• Jeremiah 45:3‘You have said, “Woe is me, because the Lord has added misery to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.”’
• Matthew 11:28“Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
• Job 18:11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass him at every step.
• Jeremiah 6:25Don’t go out to the fields; don’t walk on the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
• Jeremiah 20:10For I have heard the gossip of many people, “Terror is on every side! Report him; let’s report him!” Everyone I trusted watches for my fall. “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we might prevail against him and take our vengeance on him.”
• Deuteronomy 32:25Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, there will be terror; the young man and the young woman will be killed, the infant and the gray-haired man.
• 1 Corinthians 15:31I face death every day, as surely as I may boast about you, brothers and sisters, in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 7:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5When we were come into Macedonia - St. Paul, having left Ephesus, came to Troas, where he stopped some time; afterwards he came to Macedonia, whence he wrote this epistle, Our flesh had no rest - So exceedingly anxious was he to know the success of his first epistle to them. Without were fightings - The oppositions of pagans, Jews, and false brethren. Within were fears - Uncertain conjectures relative to the success of his epistle; fears lest the severity…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5For when we were come into Macedonia - For the reasons which induced Paul to go into Macedonia; see the notes on 2 Corinthians 1:16; compare the notes, 2 Corinthians 2:12-13. Our flesh had no rest - We were exceedingly distressed and agitated. We had no rest. The causes of his distress he immediately states. But we were troubled on every side - In every way. We had no rest in any quarter. We were obliged to enter into harassing labors and strifes there…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-11Verses 5-11 There were fightings without, or continual contentions with, and opposition from Jews and Gentiles; and there were fears within, and great concern for such as had embraced the Christian faith. But God comforts those who are cast down. We should look above and beyond all means and instruments, to God, as the author of all the consolation and good we enjoy. Sorrow according to the will of God, tending to the glory of God, and wrought by the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7Paul felt joy when he met Titus, whose presence was uplifting when he joined Paul in Macedonia (see study note on 2:14–7:4; Acts 20:1–2). Initially, Paul found no rest (this Greek word is used in 2 Corinthians 2:13, where it means "peace of mind") and faced only conflict, battles, and fear. Paul felt deeply discouraged, but God, who comforts the discouraged, encouraged him (compare Psalms 42:5–6). Titus arrived from Corinth with news that Paul's letter…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Greek, "For also" (for "even"). This verse is thus connected with 2Co 2:12, 13, "When I came to Troas, I had no rest in my spirit"; so "also" now, when I came to Macedonia, my "flesh" had no rest (he, by the term "flesh," excepts his spiritual consolations) from "fightings" with adversaries "without" (1Co 5:12), and from fears for the Corinthian believers "within" the Church, owing to "false brethren" (2Co 11:26). Compare 2Co 4:8; De 32:25, to which he…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Corinthians 7:5

• Macedonia
• Minister, Christian
• Titus
• War

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Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings