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2 Corinthians 4:3

εί (G1487) если; с ind. предполагает реальность условия,
καί (G2532) даже, даже если. С этим оборотом иногда передает некий оттенок презрения, принижает тему (RG, 1026).
κεκαλυμμένον perf. pass. part. от καλύπτω (G2572) скрывать, прятать. Perf. относится к состоянию или обстоятельству, используется с adj. (IBG, 18).
άπολλυμένοις praes. pass. part. от άπόλλυμι (G622) разрушать; pass. погибать, теряться. Продолженный гл. является перфектным и указывает на неизбежную погибель и идеальное достижение цели. Чтобы спасти людей от неотвратимой гибели, необходимо их полное преображение (М, 114f).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 2 Corinthians 4:3. _BUT IF OUR GOSPEL BE HID_] κεκαλυμμενον. _Veiled_; he refers to the subject that he had treated so particularly in the conclusion of the preceding chapter. If there be a _ve...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BUT IF OUR GOSPEL BE HID - Paul here calls it his gospel, because it was that which he preached, or the message which he bore; see note, Romans 16:25. The sense here is, “if the gospel which I preach...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    IF. App-118. GOSPEL, Compare App-140. HID. hid (Greek. _kaluptd,_ to cover or veil) also. Compare James 5:20; 1 Peter 4:8, and See 2 Corinthians 3:13. HID. Same verb. TO.

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _But if our gospel be hid_ Literally, BUT IF OUR GOSPEL, TOO, BE HIDDEN or VEILED (see last chapter). The Apostle here refers to an objection: "You say that a vail lay upon the hearts of the Jews when...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΕἸ ΔῈ ΚΑῚ ἜΣΤΙΝ ΚΕΚΑΛΥΜΜΈΝΟΝ. _But if_ (2 Corinthians 4:16) _our Gospel is_ VEILED, _it is_ VEILED IN _them that are_ PERISHING (chiasmus). The perf. part. indicates that it has been and remains veile...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    IF OUR GOSPEL BE HID, &C.— _If our Gospel be under a veil too, it is veiled to those that are lost_—who wilfully reject it, and perish thereby. This has an evident reference to what was said above, co...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    4:3 lost; (h-15) Or 'that perish,' as ch. 2.15....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    εἰ δὲ καὶ κ. τ. λ.: _but even if our gospel_ (_sc._, the good news we preach; see reff.) _is veiled_ (returning again to the metaphor of 2 Corinthians 3:12-18), _it is veiled in them, that are perishi...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Bible Study New Testament

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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,...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 4:3 IF OUR GOSPEL IS VEILED refers to the hardened heart that makes it impossible for some to recognize Jesus as the Messiah (see...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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. 2

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Thessalonians 1:5; 1 Timothy 1:11; 2 Corinthians 2:15;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Hid [κ ε κ α λ υ μ μ ε ν ο ν]. Rev., veiled, in accordance with the imagery of ch. 3....

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    But if our gospel also — As well as the law of Moses....

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    As if he had said, We preach the gospel plainly; but if men do not understand and believe it, will not embrace and obey it, it is not an argument of the gospel's obscurity, but of our hearers' incredu...

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