Revised Webster's Bible
2 Corinthians 4:8
2 Corinthians 4:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
- New International Version (NIV)We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
- English Standard Version (ESV)We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;
- New King James Version (NKJV)We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
Context of 2 Corinthians 4:8
6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shone into our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not from us. We aretroubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our body.
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ἐν παντὶ θλιβόμενοι ἀλλ᾽ οὐ στενοχωρούμενοι, ἀπορούμενοι ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐξαπορούμενοι,Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 4:8
- 2 Corinthians 1:8For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life:
- 2 Corinthians 6:4But in all things commending ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
- 2 Corinthians 7:5For, when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
- 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often.
- 2 Corinthians 4:16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
- 2 Corinthians 12:10Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
- 1 Samuel 28:15And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am grievously distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God hath departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known to me what I shall do.
- 1 Samuel 30:6And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
- Psalms 56:2My enemies would daily swallow me up: for they are many that fight against me, O thou most High.
- Proverbs 14:26In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
- Proverbs 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
- Romans 5:3And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
- Romans 8:35What shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
- James 1:2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into various temptations;
- 1 Peter 1:6In this ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through various temptations:
- 1 Peter 4:12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you:
Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 4:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8We are troubled on every side - We have already seen, in the notes on the ninth chapter of the preceding epistle, that St. Paul has made several allusions to those public games which were celebrated every fifth year at the Isthmus of Corinth; and those games have been in that place particularly described. In this and the three following verses the apostle makes allusion to the contests at those games; and the terms which he employs in these verses cannot…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8We are troubled - We the apostles. Paul here refers to some of the trials to which he and his fellow laborers were subjected in making known the gospel. The “design” for which he does it seems to be to show them: (1)What they endured in preaching the truth; (2)To show the sustaining power of that gospel in the midst of afflictions; and, (3)To conciliate their favor, or to remind them that they had endured these things on their account, 2 Corinthians…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-12Verses 8-12 The apostles were great sufferers, yet they met with wonderful support. Believers may be forsaken of their friends, as well as persecuted by enemies; but their God will never leave them nor forsake them. There may be fears within, as well as fightings without; yet we are not destroyed. The apostle speaks of their sufferings as a counterpart of the sufferings of Christ, that people might see the power of Christ's resurrection, and of grace in…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Greek, "BEING hard pressed, yet not inextricably straitened; reduced to inextricable straits" (nominative to "we have," 2Co 4:7). on every side--Greek, "in every respect" (compare 2Co 4:10, "always"; 2Co 7:5). This verse expresses inward distresses; 2Co 4:9, outward distresses (2Co 7:5). "Without were fightings; within were fears." The first clause in each member of the series of contrasted participles, implies the earthiness of the vessels; the second…Read the comment
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- 1. 2 Corinthians 4:8 in despair: or, altogether without help, or, means ↩
Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 4
- 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
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