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Verse 17. _FOR OUR LIGHT AFFLICTION_, c.] Mr. Blackwall, in his
sacred classics, has well illustrated this passage. I shall here
produce his paraphrase as quoted by _Dr. Dodd_: "This is one of the
mo...
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FOR OUR LIGHT AFFLICTION - This verse, with the following, is designed
to show further the sources of consolation and support which Paul and
his fellow-laborers had in their many trials. Bloomfield re...
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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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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...
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That is the reason why we do not grow weary. But if indeed our outward
frame is wasting away, our inward self is renewed day by day, for the
light affliction which at the moment we must endure produce...
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THE BLINDED EYE (2 Corinthians 4:1-6)...
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OUR LIGHT, &c. Literally the momentary lightness of our affliction.
LIGHT. Greek. _elaphros._ Only here and Matthew 11:30. Compare
"lightness", 2 Corinthians 1:17.
AFFLICTION. Greek. _thlipsis_ as in...
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_For our light affliction, which is but for a moment_ Literally, FOR
THE MOMENTARY LIGHTNESS OF OUR AFFLICTION. The argument is advanced
another step. Not only have we this inner fount of strength and...
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16–18. He has just said how his _faith_ sustains him. Without using
the word, he now expresses his steadfast _hope_. The balanced
antitheses, verse by verse, give this passage something of the rhythm...
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17. After ΤΗ͂Σ ΘΛΊΨΕΩΣ B, Chrys. and perhaps other
authorities omit ἡμῶν, and אCK with some versions omit ΕἸΣ
ὙΠΕΡΒΟΛΉΝ. The latter is certainly to be retained.
17. ΤῸ ΓᾺΡ ΠΑΡΑΥΤΊΚΑ ἘΛΑΦΡῸΝ ΤΗ͂Σ
ΘΛΊΨΕ...
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_AN ETERNAL WEIGHT OF GLORY 2 CORINTHIANS 4:16-18:_ Paul would never
give up. He did not just become exhausted and wearied and faint. There
was resistance to his message, but he would not faint. He si...
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DISCOURSE: 2016
THE CHRISTIAN’S EXPERIENCE IN AFFLICTION
2 Corinthians 4:17. _Our light affliction, which is but for a moment,
worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while
w...
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FOR OUR LIGHT AFFLICTION,— This is one of the most emphatical
passages in St. Paul's writings; in which he speaks as much like an
orator as an Apostle. The lightness of the trial is expressed by Το
ελ...
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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...
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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
m...
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For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a
far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
WHICH IS BUT FOR A MOMENT, [ to (G3588) parautika (G3910)] - 'which
is but for...
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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...
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4:17 light (c-5) Lit. 'the momentary lightness of our.'...
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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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OUR LIGHT AFFLICTION, etc.] The affliction is light, and vastly
outweighed by the glory which it helps to secure; seen in its true
perspective, too, it is but momentary, while the glory is eternal....
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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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FOR OUR LIGHT AFFLICTION... — More accurately, _the present
lightness of our affliction._ This is at once more literally in accord
with the Greek, and better sustains the balanced antithesis of the
cl...
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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...
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HE IS SUSTAINED BY A GLORIOUS HOPE....
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τὸ γὰρ παραυτίκα κ. τ. λ.: _for our present light
burden of affliction worketh out for us more and more exceedingly an
eternal heavy burden of glory; cf._, for the thought (ever full of
consolation to...
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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...
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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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A PROPER VIEW OF SUFFERING
Since he believed death would be followed by a resurrection, and his
suffering brought God glory, Paul did not give up hope and quit
fighting. While the physical body was gr...
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For our (p) light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for
us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of (q) glory;
(p) Afflictions are not called light, as though they were light in
them...
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Worketh. In the Greek, Greek: katergazetai, which the English Bible of
the year 1577 falsely renders by prepareth, unwilling to allow, with
the apostle, that tribulation worketh eternal glory. The ard...
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(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...
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_AN ESTIMATE OF SUFFERING_
‘Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a
far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look not at
the things which are seen, but at th...
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17._Momentary lightness. _As our flesh always shrinks back from its
own destruction, whatever reward may be presented to our view, and as
we are influenced much more by present feeling than by the hop...
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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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FOR OUR LIGHT AFFLICTION,.... The difference between the present and
future state of the saints is here expressed, the disparity between
them shown, and the influence the one has upon the other. The p...
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For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a
far more exceeding _and_ eternal weight of glory;
Ver. 17. _For our light affliction_] Here we have an elegant
antithesis, and a...
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_For which cause_ Because of which abounding grace that supports us;
_we faint not_ Under any of our present pressures; _but though our
outward man_ The body; _perish_ Be worn out and brought to dust...
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FOR OUR LIGHT AFFLICTION, WHICH IS BUT FOR A MOMENT, WORKETH FOR US A
FAR MORE EXCEEDING AND ETERNAL WEIGHT OF GLORY,...
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How the apostle rose above every handicap:...
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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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13-18 The grace of faith is an effectual remedy against fainting in
times of trouble. They knew that Christ was raised, and that his
resurrection was an earnest and assurance of theirs. The hope of t...
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The apostle in these words wonderfully lesseneth his own, and the rest
of the apostles, and all other Christians sufferings for the gospel:
he calleth them LIGHT, not that they were so in themselves,...
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For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more
and more exceedingly [Literally, in excess unto excess: a Hebraism: a
method of expressing intensity by repetition of the same wo...
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Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh
says: "For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh
for as a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look
not at the thing...
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2 Corinthians 4:17 For G1063 our G2257 light G1645 affliction G2347
which G3588 moment G3910 working G2716 ...
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‘For this reason we faint not. But though our outward man is
decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. For our light
affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more
exceeding...
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CONSIDERATION OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TWO
COVENANTS (2 CORINTHIANS 4:12)
Having been described as earthen vessels, the practical application of
this is now made. As earthen vessel...
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2 Corinthians 4:17. FOR OUR LIGHT AFFLICTION, WHICH IS BUT FOR THE
MOMENT only temporary and but momentary, WORKETH FOR US MORE AND MORE
EXCEEDINGLY AN ETERNAL WEIGHT OF GLORY; WHILE WE LOOK that is,...
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OUR LIGHT AFFLICTION WHICH IS FOR THE MOMENT
(το παραυτικα ελαφρον της θλιπεσεως
ημων). Literally, "the for the moment (old adverb
παραυτικα, here only in N.T.) lightness (old word, in N.T.
only he...
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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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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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_For our light affliction._
., worketh for us a … weight of glory_._
LIGHT AFFLICTION AND ETERNAL GLORY
I. A few preliminary observations upon affliction.
1. There are afflictions which are common...
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For WHICH CAUSE WE FAINT NOT; BUT THOUGH OUR OUTWARD MAN PERISH, YET
THE INWARD MAN IS RENEWED DAY BY DAY_._
Dual manhood
I. There is a duality in Christian manhood. The apostle was not only a
great...
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2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 4:17 Earlier, Paul’s suffering
was a burden too heavy to carry (2 Corinthians 1:8). Now it is a light
momentary affli
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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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_For our light affliction, which is but for a moment._ All our
tribulation is light and short-lived when compared with the exceeding
weight of eternal glory, and is to it as a single feather is to all...
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_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...
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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 2:9; 1 John 3:2; 1 Peter 1:6; 1 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 1:8;...
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Our light affliction which is but for a moment [τ ο π α ρ α υ
τ ι κ α ε λ α φ ρ ο ν τ η ς θ λ ι ψ ε ω ς η μ
ω ν]. Lit., the present light (burden) of our affliction.
Worketh [κ α τ ε ρ γ α ζ ε τ α ι]...
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Our light affliction — The beauty and sublimity of St. Paul's
expressions here, as descriptive of heavenly glory, opposed to
temporal afflictions, surpass all imagination, and cannot be preserved
in a...
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Still our apostle proceeds in assigning reasons why all the
afflictions which himself and others met with, were not only
tolerable, but joyous; namely, because,
1. His afflictions were light:
2. Bec...