George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
2 Corinthians 4:10
That the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our bodies, when we suffer, and undertake voluntary sufferings for his sake. (Witham)
That the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our bodies, when we suffer, and undertake voluntary sufferings for his sake. (Witham)
Verse 2 Corinthians 4:10. _ALWAYS BEARING ABOUT IN THE BODY_, c.] Being every moment in danger of losing our lives in the cause of truth, as Jesus Christ was. We, in a word, bear his cross, and are r...
ALWAYS BEARING ABOUT IN THE BODY - The expression used here is designed to show the great perils to which Paul was exposed. And the idea is, that he had on his body the marks, the stripes and marks of...
5. THE CHARACTER OF THE TRUE MINISTRY. CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The Gospel of the Glory of Christ. (2 Corinthians 4:1)_ 2. The Treasure in Earthen Vessels; Weakness and Power. (2 Corinthians 4:7) 3. Resurrec...
It is true that the splendid character of this ministry is for the present obscured by the earthly and physical conditions under which it is discharged. Paul is conscious that this disability is speci...
THE BLINDED EYE (2 Corinthians 4:1-6)...
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the power which surpasses all things may be seen to be of God and not of us. We are sore pressed at every point, but not hemmed in. We are at our...
ALWAYS. App-151. to. i. BEARING ABOUT. Greek. _periphero._ Mark 6:55.Ephesians 4:14; Hebrews 13:9; Jude 1:12. DYING. Greek....
_always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus_ Rather, _the_ SLAYING (Vulg. _mortificatio) of the Lord Jesus_. So Wiclif. The word is only to be found in Romans 4:19, where it signifie...
8–11. Five illustrations of the contrast between the treasure and the earthen vessel....
10. The two illustrations in 2 Corinthians 4:8 refer to the difficulties of his position; the two in 2 Corinthians 4:9 to those brought upon him by his opponents. The fifth and last is different from...
_OVERCOMING MANY TROUBLES 2 CORINTHIANS 4:8-15:_ Bad things come to good people. Paul mentions four bad things that had come his way and four ways that those things could be worse. He said, "We are tr...
ΠΆΝΤΟΤΕ (G3842) всегда, ΝΈΚΡΩΣΙΣ (G3500) смерть, процесс умирания (Hughes; Martin), убийство, смертный приговор. Павел все время рискует своей жизнью (Hodge), ΈΝ ΤΏ ΣΏΜΑΤΙ (G4983) в теле; в значении...
ALWAYS BEARING ABOUT IN THE BODY, &C.— "So that the cruelties which were exercised in putting Christ to death, seem to be acted over again upon us by the rage of the enemy. Yet all this is, in effect,...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 2 Mortality (2 Corinthians 4:7-15) 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us. 8We are afflicted in...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Paul's View Of His Ministry Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 4:7-18. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from...
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. BEARING ABOUT IN THE BODY THE DYING OF THE LORD JESUS - i:e., having Je...
10 The widespread fiction that the life of a Christian must be one of settled calm and contentment, prosperous and in every way advantageous in this life, is proven utterly fallacious by the experienc...
4:10 dying (n-8) Or 'putting to death.' The word implies the moral character of death, not only the fact of death. The same word is used in Romans 4:19 , 'the _ deadening_ ' of Sarah's womb....
PARAPHRASE. 'In suffering for Christ's sake we are drawn into close communion with Him who suffered and died on our behalf; and thus sharing His experience and “having this mind in us which was also i...
1-6. The messengers of this gospel are not afraid to proclaim it, for they preach Christ, who has revealed the glory of God. 1, 2. PARAPHRASE. 'Having this glorious gospel to preach, we proclaim it bo...
BEARING ABOUT, etc.] He 'dies daily,' he 'stands in jeopardy every hour' (1 Corinthians 15:30) for Christ's cause, and thus he has learnt 'the fellowship of his sufferings' (Philippians 3:10; Colossia...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 4 V1 God in his *mercy has given us this work to do. As a result, we do not lose hope. V2 We do not do things in secret a...
ALWAYS BEARING ABOUT IN THE BODY THE DYING OF THE LORD JESUS. — The word for “dying” (again, probably, a distinctly medical term) is literally “_deadness,” “the state of a_ corpse.” Comp. Romans 4:19...
CHAPTER 12 THE VICTORY OF FAITH. 2 Corinthians 4:7 (R.V) IN the opening verses of this chapter Paul has magnified his office, and his equipment for it. He has risen to a great height, poetic and spi...
The climax of the preceding antithesis is now reached: “Dying, yet living” (_cf._ 2 Corinthians 6:9). πάντοτε τὴν νέκρωσιν κ. τ. λ.: _always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the Life...
HIS BODILY WEAKNESS DOES NOT ANNUL THE EFFECTS OF HIS MINISTRY....
THE INWARD LIFE TRIUMPHANT OVER AFFLICTION 2 Corinthians 4:7 Few men have been more conscious of their weakness than was the Apostle. The earthen vessel had become very cracked and scratched, but the...
Continuing about the ministry, the apostle said, "We faint not," "we have renounced the hidden things of shame," "we preach... Christ Jesus as Lord." Hearing, some perish because "the god of this worl...
GOD'S PROCLAIMERS WILL OVERCOME The treasure would be the gospel. That treasure is carried to the world in earthly vessels, that is, our bodies. Because the body is weak, the greatness of the message...
(6) Always bearing about in the body the (i) dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. (6) An amplification of the former sentence, in which he compares...
(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 d...
_THE MARKS OF A CHRISTIAN_ ‘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.’ 2 Corinthians 4:10 We cannot reasonably su...
10._The mortification of Jesus _(470) He says more than he had done previously, for he shows, that the very thing that the false apostles used as a pretext for despising the gospel, was so far from br...
Having received this ministry of righteousness and of the Spirit, the foundation of which was Christ glorified beheld with open face, he not only used great boldness of speech, but his zeal was not ab...
ALWAYS BEARING ABOUT IN THE BODY,.... The Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, read, "in our body"; and the Syriac version, in this and the next clause, reads, "in our bodies", and some copie...
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. Ver. 10. _The dying of the Lord_] A condition obnoxious to daily deaths a...
_We are troubled_ The four articles in this verse respect inward, the four in the next outward afflictions. In each clause the former part shows the earthen vessels; the latter, the excellence of the...
ALWAYS BEARING ABOUT; wherever we go. THE DYING OF THE LORD JESUS; the violent putting to death of the Lord Jesus; in other words, always exposed, like him, to a violent death at the hand of the wick...
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....
Paul's bodily weakness:...
Chapter s 4 and 5 now show some of the precious, practical results of this ministry, seen in those entrusted with it; for it is such a ministry itself that works powerfully in them to enable them to c...
8-12 The apostles were great sufferers, yet they met with wonderful support. Believers may be forsaken of their friends, as well as persecuted by enemies; but their God will never leave them nor fors...
A Christian beareth about with him THE DYING OF THE LORD JESUS in his mind and soul, while he fetches strength from it to deaden his heart unto sin; being _buried with Christ into death, _ and _plante...
always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body....
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V For if we who live are delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, it is that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our mortal flesh."[107] Tertullian Against Marcio...
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‘We are pressed on every side, yet not pressed in; perplexed, yet not to despair; pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed; always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that...
2 Corinthians 4:10. ALWAYS BEARING ABOUT IN THE BODY THE DYING (_Gr._ ‘the putting to death') OF JESUS, [1] as virtually dying with Him in our daily exposures to death in His cause: compare 2 Corinthi...
BEARING ABOUT (περιφεροντες). Ignatius was called Θεοφορος, God-bearer. See 1 Corinthians 15:31 where Paul says "I die daily" and Philippians 3:10; Colossians 1:24.THE DYING OF JESUS ...
DYING Literally, putting to death, that is, crucifixion....
2 Corinthians 4:1. _Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;_ Stern was the labour of the apostles, but they felt that their work was so all-important, so divi...
2 Corinthians 4:1. _Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; but have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the wor...
2 Corinthians 4:1. _Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;--_ We are sometimes ready to faint, but we cast our fainting spirits into the arms of God, and our...
2 Corinthians 4:1. _Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;_ It is a very high privilege to be called to the work of the Christian ministry, and when the mini...
CONTENTS: Truth taught, commended by the life. The preaching of the Lordship of Christ. The suffering of true ministers with Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul. CONCLUSION: A steadfast adherence t...
2 Corinthians 4:1. _Seeing we have this ministry,_ of grace and reconciliation to a guilty world; the ministry of righteousness, not of condemnation; the ministry of life, and not of death; we have li...
THE DEATH OF JESUS. Paul sees his suffering (and his weakness???) as sharing in the death of Jesus! Compare Galatians 6:17; 2 Corinthians 13:4. SO THAT HIS LIFE. Compare Romans 8:10-11;...
_We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed._ TRIALS IN THE CAUSE OF CHRIST I. The trials encountered in the cause of Christ are sometimes very great. “We are troubled on every side.” The man...
_Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus._ BEARING ABOUT THE DYING OF CHRIST The first and literal meaning of these words is that Paul and his friends were in daily peril of such...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 4:1 Paul explains why he does not become discouraged in his ministry, despite his many afflictions (2 Corinthians 4:1,...
CHAPTER 4 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. From what was said in the last chapter of the glory and honour belonging to the office of a preacher of the Gospel, S. Paul proceeds to assert that he discharges...
_Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus._ The death of Jesus, according to S. Ambrose, but the Greek is rather dying or mortification. The dying meant is the suffering of death l...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 4:8.—“Pressed for room, and still having room” (Stanley). “Perplexed, but not utterly perplexed” (Beet). Apparent, not real, contradiction to 2 Corinthians 1:8 (same wo...
EXPOSITION The glory of the gospel ministry (2 Corinthians 4:1), which sustains the hearts of Christ's ministers among all weaknesses and trials (2 Corinthians 4:7), especially by the faith in things...
Therefore seeing we have this ministry (2 Corinthians 4:1), What ministry? Pointing people to Jesus Christ. as we have received mercy, we faint not; But [we] have renounced the hidden things of disho...
1 Peter 4:13; 2 Corinthians 1:5; 2 Corinthians 1:9; 2 Corinthians 13:4;...
Bearing about. Ignatius, addressing the Ephesians, says : "Ye are God - bearers, shrine - bearers, Christ - bearers" (" Epistle to Ephesians, "9.). In the Antiochene Acts, Trajan alludes to Ignatius a...
Always — Wherever we go. Bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus — Continually expecting to lay down our lives like him. That the life also of Jesus might be manifested in our body — Tha...