2 Corinthians 4:17

For the affliction of the present time, though very small and light, prepareth for us great glory, without end, for ever and ever;

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

16For this cause we faint not; for though our outward man perish, yet the inner man is renovated day by day.

18while we look not at these seen things, but at those not seen; for these seen things are temporary, but those not seen are eternal.

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Cross References

Luke 6:23Rejoice in that day and exult, for your reward is great in heaven; for so did their fathers to 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 →

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