Always in danger. The servants of the Good News were always in danger from the enemies of Christ! At great risk they transmitted the life of Christ to mankind! Compare 1 Corinthians 4:9-13. No one could accuse the apostles of working for selfish motives!!!
Verse 2 Corinthians 4:11. _FOR WE WHICH LIVE_] And yet, although we are preserved alive, we are in such continual dangers that we carry our life in our hands, and are constantly in the spirit of sacri...
FOR WE WHICH LIVE - Those of us, the apostles and ministers of the Redeemer who still survive. James the brother of John had been put to death Acts 12:2; and it is probable also that some other of the...
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...
WHICH LIVE, Literally the living. Greek. _zao._ Compare App-170. ALWAY. App-151. DELIVERED. Greek. _paredidomi._ See John 19:30. UNTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. MORTAL. Gr _. thnetos._ See Romans 6:1...
_For we which live_ We, the possessors of the Divine life in Christ, the spiritual life which takes the place of the natural. Cf. ch. 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2Co 3:6; 2 Corinthians 3:17, and 1 Corinthians...
8–11. Five illustrations of the contrast between the treasure and the earthen vessel....
ἈΕῚ ΓᾺΡ ἩΜΕΙ͂Σ ΟἹ ΖΩ͂ΝΤΕΣ ΕἸΣ ΘΆΝΑΤΟΝ ΠΑΡΑΔΙΔΌΜΕΘΑ. _For_ ALWAY WE THE LIVING ARE BEING _delivered unto death_. No sooner is one rescue effected than the Apostle is handed over to death once more. He...
_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...
ΆΕΊ (G104) всегда, ΓΆΡ 1 (G1063) ибо. Частица вводит объяснение предыдущего, ΖΏΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΖΆΩ (G2198) жить; "живой" "мы — живая добыча" (Plumter). Part, в роли _subst._ ΠΑΡΑΔΙΔΌΜΕΘ...
DISCOURSE: 2015 THE TRIALS OF CHRISTIANS THE MEANS OF MAGNIFYING THEIR LORD 2 Corinthians 4:11. _We which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made...
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...
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. WE WHICH LIVE - in the power of Christ's "life" in us, in o...
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...
Explaining and emphasising 2 Corinthians 4:10....
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...
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...
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...
WE WHICH LIVE ARE ALWAY DELIVERED UNTO DEATH. — Better, _are always being delivered._ The opening clause emphasises the paradox of the statement: “We live, and yet our life is a series of continual de...
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...
HIS BODILY WEAKNESS DOES NOT ANNUL THE EFFECTS OF HIS MINISTRY....
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...
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...
For we which (k) live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our (l) mortal flesh. (k) Who live that life, that is, by the Spirit of Chr...
(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...
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...
2 Corinthians 4:10....
_ 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._ __ Ver. 11. _ For we which live, &c._ _] Good men only...
_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...
FOR WE WHICH LIVE; who yet live in mortal bodies. IN OUR MORTAL FLESH, not merely in our spirits, but in our frail dying bodies also; for these are Christ's, will be preserved by Christ till our eart...
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....
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...
We who are yet alive, as having breath still in our bodies; in another sense we do not live, viz. as life signifies prosperity and happiness; for we ARE ALWAYS DELIVERED UNTO DEATH, that is, under con...
For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh....
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V and, "That the life of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh; "[114] Tertullian Against Marcion Book V -in other words, not to the present, but to the futu...
2 Corinthians 4:11 we G2249 who G3588 live G2198 (G5723) are G3860 always G104 G1063 delivered G3860 ...
‘For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.' There is now a swift movement from ‘dying' to spiritual ‘dying' (c...
2 Corinthians 4:11. FOR WE WHICH LIVE ARE ALWAY DELIVERED UNTO DEATH FOR JESUS SAKE, THAT THE LIFE ALSO OF JESUS MAY BE MANIFESTED IN OUR MORTAL FLESH so as to “reckon” and feel ourselves to be with H...
ARE ALWAY DELIVERED UNTO DEATH (εις θανατον παραδιδομεθα). This explains verse 2 Corinthians 4:10....
(1 Corinthians 15:31)....
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...
_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,...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 4:11 Paul’s suffering and endurance are intended to bring about resurrection LIFE among the Corinthians as they learn to trust God during difficulty (see...
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...
_For we which live are alway delivered unto death._ In the midst of a life such as ours, we are exposed to constant danger of death and to every kind of trouble. The thought, then, that in all our tri...
_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 Corinthians 15:31; 1 Corinthians 15:49; 1 Corinthians 15:53; 1 Corinthians 15:54;...
For we who yet live — Who are not yet killed for the testimony of Jesus. Are always delivered unto death — Are perpetually in the very jaws of destruction; which we willingly submit to, that we may "o...