For we preach not ourselves
(ου γαρ εαυτους κηρυσσομεν). Surely as poor and disgusting a topic as a preacher can find.But Christ Jesus as Lord
(αλλα Χριστον Ιησουν Κυριον). Κυριον is predicate accusative in apposition.As your servants for Jesus' sake
(δουλους υμων δια Ιησουν). Your bond-slave for the sake of Jesus. This is the sufficient reason for any preacher's sacrifice, "for Jesus' sake."
2 CORINTHIANS 4:5 VIhsou/n (2) {B} Good representatives of both the Alexandrian and the Western texts (A*vid? B Dgr Ggr) join in support of the reading VIhsou/n. An early variant reading, VIhsou/, al...
Verse 2 Corinthians 4:5. _FOR WE PREACH NOT OURSELVES_] We neither proclaim our own _wisdom_ nor _power_; we have nothing but what we have received; we do not wish to establish our own _authority_, no...
FOR WE PREACH NOT OURSELVES - The connection here is not very apparent, and the design of this verse has been variously understood. The connection seems to me to be this. Paul gives here a reason for...
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...
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...
THE BLINDED EYE (2 Corinthians 4:1-6)...
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...
PREACH. Greek. _kerusso_. App-121. CHRIST JESUS. App-9. THE LORD. as Lord. App-96. Compare Romans 10:9. SERVANTS. Greek _doulos._ App-190. FOR, &c.. on account of (Greek. _dia_ App-104) Jesus (App...
_For we preach not ourselves_ A reason is here given for the foregoing statement. If St Paul's Gospel be hid, it is not because it is his own, and therefore destined to come to nought (see ch. 2 Corin...
5. It is difficult to decide between Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν (BHKL, Copt. Arm.) and Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν (אACD, Latt. Goth.), and between διὰ Ἰησοῦν (BDFG) and διὰ Ἰησοῦ (אC), which διὰ Χριστοῦ (א15) supports. See o...
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...
_PREACHING CHRIST AS LORD 2 CORINTHIANS 4:5-7:_ In Paul's preaching he preached Jesus Christ as Lord and he did not exalt himself. The subject of all his preaching was Christ as Lord and Paul as serva...
ΚΗΡΎΣΣΟΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΚΗΡΎΣΣΩ (G2784) проповедовать, провозглашать, объявлять (TDNT; EDNT). Итеративный _praes._, "мы проповедуем Христа снова и снова" или продолженный _praes._, "сейчас мы...
DISCOURSE: 2013 THE CONTEST BETWEEN GOD AND SATAN 2 Corinthians 4:4. The God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the...
FOR WE PREACH NOT OURSELVES,— "We aim not at exalting our own authority, extending our reputation, or securing to ourselves any secular advantage; but, renouncing all such views, claims, and desires,...
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...
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. FOR. Their blindness is not our fault, as if we sought self in our preaching. PREACH ... CHRI...
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...
NOT OURSELVES] as do the false teachers. FOR JESUS' SAKE] Love to Jesus is his motive in seeking to serve the Corinthians....
PARAPHRASE. 'If our gospel is not understood by any, it is only by those (4) whose minds are dulled by sin. (5) For the subject of our preaching is not ourselves, but Christ. (6) As God at first creat...
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...
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...
FOR WE PREACH NOT OURSELVES. — The words, like those about “commending ourselves,” imply a reference to something that had been said. He was charged with being egotistic in his preaching, perhaps with...
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
HE DELIVERS WITH FRANKNESS HIS MESSAGE OF CHRIST THE TRUE LIGHT....
οὐ γὰρ ἑαυτοὺς κ. τ. λ.: _for we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord_ (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 12:3, “No man can say, Jesus is Lord, but in the Holy Spirit”), _and ourselves your slaves for Jes...
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...
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...
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...
(3) For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for (f) Jesus' sake. (3) He removes according to his accustomed manner, all suspicion of ambition, affirming th...
(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...
_YOUR SERVANTS FOR JESUS’ SAKE_ ‘We preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.’ 2 Corinthians 4:5 Such is this great clergyman’s central and ultim...
_CHRIST FIRST_ ‘We preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord.’ 2 Corinthians 4:5 The Apostle not satisfied with convincing his countrymen and others that Jesus Christ of Nazareth was a good m...
5._For we preach not ourselves _Some make this to be an instance of _Zeugma, _(449) in this manner: We preach not ourselves to be lords, but God’s only Son, whom the Father has set over all things, to...
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...
FOR WE PREACH NOT OURSELVES,.... These words contain a reason why the apostles behaved themselves in the manner described, 2 Corinthians 4:2 and serve to explain in what sense this inspired writer is...
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. Ver. 5. _We preach not ourselves_] We are Christ's paranymphs or spokesmen, and must woo for him....
_For_, &c. As if he had said, The cause of their continuing in unbelief, and perishing, is not in us, nor in the doctrine they hear from us; for _we preach not ourselves_ As able either to enlighten,...
CHRIST JESUS THE LORD; AND OURSELVES YOUR SERVANTS; more literally, Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants....
THE GOSPEL-MESSAGE OF LIGHT AND LIFE. Paul uses frankness in delivering his message:...
FOR WE PREACH NOT OURSELVES, BUT CHRIST JESUS THE LORD, AND OURSELVES YOUR SERVANTS FOR JESUS' SAKE....
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...
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...
FOR WE PREACH NOT OURSELVES: for a man to preach himself, is to preach the devices and imaginations of his own heart, instead of the revealed will of God; to make his discourses the evomitions of his...
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake....
2 Corinthians 4:5 For G1063 not G3756 preach G2784 (G5719) ourselves G1438 but G235 Christ G5547 Jesus G2424
‘For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.' For the purpose of Paul and his fellow-workers is not to preach themselves. They are not concer...
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...
2 Corinthians 4:5. FOR WE PREACH NOT OURSELVES, BUT CHRIST JESUS THE LORD; AND OURSELVES YOUR SERVANTS FOR JESUS' SAKE. Did we preach ourselves, the god of this world would have no cause to fear for h...
2 Corinthians 4:5 I. The Church is the union of believers, outwardly manifested by the sacraments, but having its essence in the personal union of each believer's soul with Christ. I see the gates of...
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...
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...
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...
FOR IT IS NOT OURSELVES. "Even though we apostles are the likeness of Christ, we do not preach ourselves. We preach Jesus Christ as your Lord, and ourselves as your servants!" FOR JESUS' SAKE. Compare...
_For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord._ THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY AND ITS MESSAGE I. The true position of the Christian minister--his relation to those to whom he ministers--is here c...
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...
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,...
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...
_Ourselves your servants for Jesus sake._ Supply "we show," or "we preach....
_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
_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...
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 1:13; 1 Corinthians 1:23; 1 Corinthians 10:33; 1 Corinthians 12:3;...
For — The fault is not in us, neither in the doctrine they hear from us. We preach not ourselves — As able either to enlighten, or pardon, or sanctify you. But Jesus Christ — As your only wisdom, righ...
In these words our apostle further manifests his fidelity and integrity in preaching the gospel, by showing that he sought to advance Christ, and not himself, in preaching of it. Here note, 1. The dut...