BUTLER'S COMMENTARY Chapter Four THE PROBLEM OF DISCOURAGEMENT (2 Corinthians 4:1-18) IDEAS TO INVESTIGATE: 1. Who would tamper with God's word? 2. Is there a god of this world who is not Jehovah? 3. What treasure did Paul have in an earthen vessel? 4. What is the inner nature of man? 5... [ Continue Reading ]
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 1 Machination (2 Corinthians 4:1-6) 4 Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. 2We have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways; we refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we woul... [ Continue Reading ]
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 every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9persecuted, but not forsaken; st... [ Continue Reading ]
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 ourselves; 8 we are pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair; 9 pu... [ Continue Reading ]
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 3 Misgivings (2 Corinthians 4:16-18) 16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed every day. 17For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18because... [ Continue Reading ]