The Bible Software
bible.software › 2 Corinthians › 2 Corinthians 4 › 2 Corinthians 4:17

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our momentary [and] light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory;

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

In Context

16Wherefore we faint not; but if indeed our outward man is consumed, yet the inward is renewed day by day.

18while we look not at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen; for the things that are seen [are] for a time, but those that are not seen eternal.

Read all of 2 Corinthians 4

Cross References

Genesis 15:1After these things the word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, thy exceeding great reward.

Psalms 30:5For a moment [is passed] in his anger, a life in his favour; at even weeping cometh for the night, and at morn there is rejoicing.

Psalms 73:24Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive me.

Psalms 119:71It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes.

Isaiah 64:4Never have [men] heard, nor perceived by the ear, nor hath eye seen a God beside thee, who acteth for him that waiteth for him.

Luke 6:23rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in the heaven, for after this manner did their fathers act toward the prophets.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 4:9-18

The Apostles' Sufferings and Supports. ( a. d. 57.) 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 dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 12 So then death worketh in us, but life in… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)聖書 (日本語)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBiblia TakatifuBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)

Study 2 Corinthians 4:17

Matthew HenryJamieson-Fausset-BrownAdam ClarkeAlbert BarnesJohn WesleyJohn CalvinScofieldWilliam BurkittFamily Bible NotesGeneva Bible Notes (1599)Robertson's Word Pictures
← 2 Corinthians 4:162 Corinthians 42 Corinthians 4:18 →