2 Corinthians 4:8
On every side I am hard pressed, yet not hemmed in; perplexed, but not in despair;
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
In Context
9persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
Cross References
John 14:18"I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you.
Romans 8:35What shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall anguish, or calamity, or persecution, or famine? Shall nakedness, or peril, or 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 →