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CHAPTER IV.
_St. Paul shows the integrity with which he had preached the_
_Gospel of Christ_, 1, 2.
_And that, if it was unprofitable to any who had heard it, it_
_was because their unbelieving he...
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THEREFORE - Διὰ τοῦτο Dia touto. On account of this. That
is, because the light of the gospel is so clear; because it reveals so
glorious truths, and all obscurity is taken away, and we are permitte...
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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...
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In this paragraph the apostle recurs to the thought of 2 Corinthians
3:12; 2 Corinthians 2:16; 2 Corinthians 1:12; a ministry of such
surpassing splendour demanded in himself and his comrades unflinch...
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Since therefore this part of God's service has been given to us, even
as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart. But we have refused
to have anything to do with hidden and shameful methods. We d...
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THE BLINDED EYE (2 Corinthians 4:1-6)...
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THEREFORE. On account of (Greek. _dia_. App-104. 2 Corinthians 4:2)
this.
SEEING WE HAVE. having.
MINISTRY. Greek. _diakonia_ App-190.
HAVE. Omit.
RECEIVED MERCY. Compare 1 Corinthians 7:25.
FAINT...
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2 Corinthians 4:1-15. Entrusted with so glorious a mission, the
Ministers of the Gospel shrink from neither danger nor difficulty
1. _Therefore_ The connection between this and what precedes is
suffi...
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ἘΓΚΑΚΟΥ͂ΜΕΝ (אABDFG) rather than ἐκκακοῦμεν
(CD3KLP). Luke 18:1 ἐνκακεῖν is right; elsewhere (2
Corinthians 4:1; 2 Corinthians 4:16; Galati
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2 Corinthians 4:1-6. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
As between the first and second Chapter s, the division between the
third and fourth is badly made. Chapter 3 should have continued to 2
Corinthians 4:6...
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_BLINDED TO THE TRUTH 2 CORINTHIANS 4:1-4:_ Paul felt that God had
been kind in entrusting him with the work of preaching the gospel. His
concept was that what he was doing was a ministry. The ministr...
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WE FAINT NOT;— This is to the same purpose with _we use great
plainness of speech,_ in the 12th verse of the foregoing chapter, and
signifies in both places the clear, plain, direct, and disinterested...
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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 refu...
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Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we
faint not;
The human vessel is frail, that God may have the glory; yet, though
frail, faith and the hope of future glory sustai...
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6 The covenant of the letter is the law of Moses which was engraven in
stone, to symbolize its unyielding sternness. There is no reference to
the letter of Scripture. It is the law that kills, just as...
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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...
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AS WE HAVE RECEIVED MERCY] in his conversion from the blindness of
Judaism....
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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...
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IV.
(1) THEREFORE SEEING WE HAVE THIS MINISTRY. — The ministry referred
to is that of which such great things have just been said: the
ministry of the new covenant, of the Spirit, of righteousness, of...
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CHAPTER 11
THE GOSPEL DEFINED.
2 Corinthians 4:1 (R.V)
IN these verses Paul resumes for the last time the line of thought on
which he had set out at 2 Corinthians 3:4, and again at 2 Corint
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HE DELIVERS WITH FRANKNESS HIS MESSAGE OF CHRIST THE TRUE LIGHT....
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διὰ τοῦτο ἔχοντες κ. τ. λ.: _wherefore, having
this Ministration, sc._, of the New Covenant, _even as we received
mercy_ (_i.e._, “even as we were mercifully granted it,” a
favourite thought with St....
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GOD'S GLORY REFLECTED IN CHRIST
2 Corinthians 4:1
The servant of Christ must never forget that he once needed and
obtained mercy. This will sustain him in many an hour when heart and
flesh fail. His...
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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...
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PAUL AND THE FALSE TEACHERS
In 2 Corinthians 3:6, Paul had said he was a minister of the new
covenant. Knowing that he had tried to destroy Christianity, Paul was
ever thankful for God's mercy which a...
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Therefore (1) seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy,
we (a) faint not;
(1) Now he plainly witnesses that both he and his associates (through
the mercy of God) do their vocation and...
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The apostle, having in the last chapter shewn the excellence of his
ministry above that of the law, proceeds to inform them of his own
labours, &c. in order to destroy the credit which the false teach...
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(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 dec...
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CONTENTS
This is a most beautiful, and interesting Chapter. The Apostle sets
forth, the solemn Views he had of the Ministry, and his Earnestness to
be found faithful, in the discharge of it. He speak...
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1._Having this ministry. _He now returns to a commendation of himself
personally, from which he had digressed into a general discussion, in
reference to the dignity of the gospel. As, therefore, he ha...
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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...
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THEREFORE SEEING WE HAVE THIS MINISTRY,.... The apostle having largely
insisted on the difference between the law and the Gospel, the
ministration of the one and of the other, proceeds to give an acco...
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Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we
faint not;
Ver. 1. _As we have received mercy_] Since we have so freely been
called to the ministry of mere mercy, we show forth...
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_Therefore, seeing we have this ministry_ Spoken of from 2Co 4:6-11 of
the preceding chapter, with which this is closely connected; a
ministry so superior to that wherewith Moses was intrusted; _as we...
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AS WE HAVE RECEIVED MERCY; the apostle has special reference to the
mercy of God in calling him from being a blasphemer of Christ to be
his apostle, 1 Timothy 1:12-13. The glorious prospects which the...
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THE GOSPEL-MESSAGE OF LIGHT AND LIFE.
Paul uses frankness in delivering his message:...
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THEREFORE, SEEING WE HAVE THIS MINISTRY, AS WE HAVE RECEIVED MERCY, WE
FAINT NOT,...
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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...
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1-7 The best of men would faint, if they did not receive mercy from
God. And that mercy which has helped us out, and helped us on,
hitherto, we may rely upon to help us even to the end. The apostles...
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2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 4 2 CORINTHIANS 4:1,2 Paul declareth his
unwearied zeal and integrity in preaching the gospel, 2 CORINTHIANS
4:3 so that if any see not the truth of it, it must be owing to their...
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[Having shown that the Christian ministry is superior to the Mosaic,
Paul, in this section, enlarges upon the two antithetical phases of
that ministry, showing that viewed carnally it leads to the sev...
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Tertullian On Modesty
peace to an incestuous fornicator, he should forthwith have proceeded
to accumulate exhortations about turning away from impurities, about
pruning away of blemishes, about exhort...
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2 Corinthians 4:1 since G1223 G5124 have G2192 (G5723) this G5026
ministry G1248 as G2531 mercy G1653 ...
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SUCH A MINISTRY AS HAS BEEN DEPICTED MAKES CLEAR THAT ITS MINISTERS
ARE NOT CORRUPT BECAUSE IT IS CONDUCTED IN GOD'S GLORIOUS LIGHT AND
REVEALS THE UNMATCHABLE GLORY OF GOD IN JESUS CHRIST EVEN THOUGH...
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‘Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy,
we do not faint.'
Having such a ministry which results in the unveiling of men and women
(2 Corinthians 3:18) so that they can behol...
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WE FAINT NOT
(ουκ εγκακουμεν). Present active indicative of
εγκακεω, late verb (εν, κακος) to behave badly in, to
give in to evil, to lose courage. In Symmachus (LXX), Polybius, and
papyri. It is t...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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HAS GIVEN US THIS SERVICE. Since 2 Corinthians 2:17, Paul has been
talking about his capacity for the service of the Spirit. Paul had a
special service as an apostle, but every Christian is a servant...
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_Therefore seeing we have received this ministry._
THE APOSTOLIC MINISTRY
Paul represents this
I. As a ministry of light (2 Corinthians 4:4).
1. Cf. John 1:5. Nothing could be more different than t...
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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,...
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_Therefore seeing we have this ministry._ The ministry of the New
Testament, the excellency of which has been dwelt on in the preceding
chapter. To this God in His mercy has called us, His unworthy
Ap...
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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...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
N.B. A _continuous outpour_ of argument and appeal, all “alive,”
and quivering, thrilling, with quick emotion, _from_ 2 Corinthians
2:17 _to_ 2 Corinthians 6:10.
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
2 Corinthians 4:1. THIS MINISTRY.—Viz. that in 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2
Corinthians 3:6; and more definitely expounded at the end of this long
section, in...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 7:25; 1 Peter 2:10; 1 Timothy 1:13; 2 Corinthians 3:12;...
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As we have received mercy. Construe with we have this ministry. Having
this ministry as a gift of divine mercy. Compare 1 Corinthians 7:25.
Bengel says : "The mercy of God, by which the ministry is re...
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Therefore having this ministry — Spoken of, 2 Corinthians 3:6. As we
have received mercy — Have been mercifully supported in all our
trials. We faint not — We desist not in any degree from our gloriou...
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That is, seeing we have such. glorious ministry far more excelling
than that of Moses, mentioned in the conclusion of the foregoing
chapter, as we have received mercy or special favours from God in
co...