2 Corinthians 4:8
Wee are afflicted on euery side, yet are we not in distresse: we are in doubt, but yet wee despaire not.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
In Context
9We are persecuted, but not forsaken: cast downe, but we perish not.
Cross References
1 Samuel 28:15And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me vp? Then Saul answered, I am in great distresse: for the Philistims make warre against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by Prophetes, neither by dreames: therefore I haue called thee, that thou mayest tell me, what I shall doe.
1 Samuel 31:4Then saide Saul vnto his armour bearer, Drawe out thy sworde, and thrust mee through therewith, lest the vncircumcised come and thrust me through and mocke me: but his armour bearer would not, for hee was sore afraid. Therefore Saul tooke a sworde and fell vpon it.
Psalms 37:33But the Lord wil not leaue him in his hand, nor condemne him, when he is iudged.
Proverbs 14:26In the feare of the Lord is an assured strength, and his children shall haue hope.
John 14:18I will not leaue you fatherles: but I will come to you.
Romans 8:35Who shall separate vs from the loue of Christ? shall tribulation or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakednesse, or perill, or sworde?
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 →