2 Corinthians 4:8
6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
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 dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
- KJV
- We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
- WEB
- We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;
- ASV
- [we are] pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair;
- DARBY
- every way afflicted, but not straitened; seeing no apparent issue, but our way not entirely shut up;
- BLB
- being pressed in every [way] but not being crushed, being perplexed but not despairing,
- ÅB
- idet vi alltid er i trengsel, men ikke kuet, tvilende, men ikke mistvilende,
- OTB
- Vi møter problemer på alle kanter, men er ikke knust; vi er noen ganger forvirret, men fortviler ikke;
- B1930
- idet vi alltid er i trengsel, men ikke kuet, tvilende, men ikke mistvilende,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 1:2–4
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
Read in contextRomans 8:35–37
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Read in context1 Peter 4:12–14
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:10
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Read in contextPsalms 56:2–3
Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
Read in context2 Corinthians 7:5
For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
Read in context1 Peter 1:6–7
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
Read in contextRomans 5:3–5
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
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