2 Corinthians 4:8

And in every thing we are oppressed, but not suffocated; we are corrected, but not condemned;

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

In Context

7But we have this treasure in an earthen vessel, that the excellency of the power might be from God, and not from us.

9we are persecuted, but not forsaken; we are prostrated, but perish not.

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Cross References

John 14:18I shall not leave you orphans: for I shall come to you in a little while.

Romans 8:35What will sever me from the love of Messiah? Will affliction? or distress? or persecution? or famine? or nakedness? or peril? 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 →

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