2 Corinthians 4:8

being afflicted on every side, but not oppressed; perplexed, but not in despair;

1770 John Worsley NT

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 earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power might be evidently of God, and not of us:

9persecuted, but not forsaken;

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Cross References

John 14:18I will not leave you orphans: I will come to you.

Romans 8:35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall affliction, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or 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 →

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