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2 Cor. 4:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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We are troubledv on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not νin despair;

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2 Cor. 7:5• ⁵For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. (2 Cor. 7:5)

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or, not altogether without help, or, means.

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troubled.

2 Cor. 1:8‑10• ⁸For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
⁹But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
¹⁰Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us; (2 Cor. 1:8‑10)

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2 Cor. 6:4• ⁴But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, (2 Cor. 6:4)

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2 Cor. 7:5• ⁵For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. (2 Cor. 7:5)

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2 Cor. 11:23‑30• ²³Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
²⁴Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
²⁵Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
²⁶In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
²⁷In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
²⁸Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
²⁹Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
³⁰If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. (2 Cor. 11:23‑30)

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2 Cor. 4:16‑17• ¹⁶For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
¹⁷For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; (2 Cor. 4:16‑17)

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2 Cor. 12:10• ¹⁰Therefore 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. (2 Cor. 12:10)

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1 Sam. 28:15• ¹⁵And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. (1 Sam. 28:15)

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1 Sam. 30:6• ⁶And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God. (1 Sam. 30:6)

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Psa. 56:2‑3• ²Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
³What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. (Psa. 56:2‑3)

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Prov. 14:26• ²⁶In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. (Prov. 14:26)

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Prov. 18:10• ¹⁰The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. (Prov. 18:10)

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Rom. 5:3‑5• ³And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
⁴And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
⁵And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. (Rom. 5:3‑5)

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Rom. 8:35‑37• ³⁵Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
³⁶As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
³⁷Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. (Rom. 8:35‑37)

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James 1:2‑4• ²My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
³Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
⁴But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. (James 1:2‑4)

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1 Peter 1:6‑7• ⁶Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
⁷That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: (1 Peter 1:6‑7)

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1 Peter 4:12‑14• ¹²Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
¹³But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
¹⁴If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. (1 Peter 4:12‑14)

not in despair.

or, not altogether without help, or means.

1 Sam. 31:4• ⁴Then said Saul unto his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. (1 Sam. 31:4)

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Job 2:9‑10• ⁹Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
¹⁰But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. (Job 2:9‑10)

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Psa. 37:33• ³³The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. (Psa. 37:33)

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John 14:18• ¹⁸I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. (John 14:18)

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1 Cor. 10:13• ¹³There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. (1 Cor. 10:13)

• Afflicted by the tribulation, this was the vessel’s part; not straitened, for God was with the vessel. Without means of escape, that was the vessel; yet not without resource, for God was with it. (“2 Corinthians 4” by J.N. Darby)

• Paul was troubled on every side; this was the earthen vessel. Though troubled, he was not distressed; this was the power of God. He was perplexed — the earthen vessel; but his way was not entirely shut up — the power of God. He was persecuted — the earthen vessel; but not forsaken — the power of God. He was cast down — the earthen vessel; but not destroyed — the power of God. (“2 Corinthians 4” by H. Smith)

• {v.8-11} It was something like the burning bush that Moses saw; it burned, but the fire didn’t consume it (Ex. 3:1-6). Hence, we see human frailty on one hand and divine enablement on the other. (“A True Christian Minister Has Personal Exercises Regarding the Ministry He Carries: 2 Corinithains 4” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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every way afflicted, but not straitened; seeing no apparent issue, but our way not entirely shut up;

W. Kelly Translation

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in everything being afflicted, yet not straitened, sorely yet not utterly perplexed,