2 Corinthians 4:8
In all things we suffer tribulation, but are not distressed; we are straitened, but are not destitute;
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
In Context
9We suffer persecution, but are not forsaken; we are cast down, but we perish not:
Cross References
1 Samuel 28:15And Samuel said to Saul: Why hast thou disturbed my rest, that I should be brought up? And Saul said, I am in great distress: for the Philistines fight against me, and God is departed from me, and would not hear me, neither by the hand of prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest shew me what I shall do.
1 Samuel 31:4Then Saul said to his armourbearer: Draw thy sword, and kill me: lest these uncircumcised come, and slay me, and mock at me. And his armourbearer would not: for he was struck with exceeding great fear. Then Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.
Psalms 37:33But the Lord will not leave in his hands; nor condemn him when he shall be judged.
Proverbs 14:26In the fear of the Lord is confidence of strength, and there shall be hope for his children.
John 14:18I will not leave you orphans, I will come to you.
Romans 8:35Who then shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation? or distress? or famine? or nakedness? or danger? or persecution? or the sword?
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 4:2-8
Constancy and Sincerity of the Apostles; The Apostle's Integrity. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; 2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. 3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which… Read the whole commentary →