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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 indeed, when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted in every way; without combats, within 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 do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to our tribulation which happened to us in Asia, that we were excessively pressed beyond our power, so as to despair even of living.
⁹But we ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not have our trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;
¹⁰who has delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we confide that he will also yet deliver; (2 Cor. 1:8‑10)

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2 Cor. 6:4• ⁴but in everything commending ourselves as God's ministers, in much endurance, in afflictions, in necessities, in straits, (2 Cor. 6:4)

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2 Cor. 7:5• ⁵For indeed, when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted in every way; without combats, within fears. (2 Cor. 7:5)

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2 Cor. 11:23‑30• ²³Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as being beside myself) *I* above measure so; in labours exceedingly abundant, in stripes to excess, in prisons exceedingly abundant, in deaths oft.
²⁴From the Jews five times have I received forty stripes, save one.
²⁵Thrice have I been scourged, once I have been stoned, three times I have suffered shipwreck, a night and day I passed in the deep:
²⁶in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own race, in perils from the nations, in perils in the city, in perils in the desert, in perils on the sea, in perils among false brethren;
²⁷in labour and toil, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
²⁸Besides those things that are without, the crowd of cares pressing on me daily, the burden of all the assemblies.
²⁹Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is stumbled, and I burn not?
³⁰If it is needful to boast, I will boast in the things which concern my infirmity. (2 Cor. 11:23‑30)

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2 Cor. 4:16‑17• ¹⁶Wherefore we faint not; but if indeed our outward man is consumed, yet the inward is renewed day by day.
¹⁷For our momentary and light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory; (2 Cor. 4:16‑17)

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2 Cor. 12:10• ¹⁰Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, in straits, for Christ: for when I am weak, then I am powerful. (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 said, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answers me no more, neither by prophets nor by dreams; therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known to 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 spoke of stoning him; for the soul of all the people was embittered, every man because of his sons and because of his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God. (1 Sam. 30:6)

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Psa. 56:2‑3• ²Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; for they are many that fight against me haughtily.
³In the day that I am afraid, I will confide in thee. (Psa. 56:2‑3)

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Prov. 14:26• ²⁶In the fear of Jehovah 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 Jehovah 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 that, but we also boast in tribulations, knowing that tribulation works endurance;
⁴and endurance, experience; and experience, hope;
⁵and hope does not make ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given to us: (Rom. 5:3‑5)

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Rom. 8:35‑37• ³⁵Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? tribulation or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
³⁶According as it is written, For thy sake we are put to death all the day long; we have been reckoned as sheep for slaughter.
³⁷But in all these things we more than conquer through him that has loved us. (Rom. 8:35‑37)

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James 1:2‑4• ²Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,
³knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.
⁴But let endurance have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. (James 1:2‑4)

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1 Peter 1:6‑7• ⁶Wherein ye exult, for a little while at present, if needed, put to grief by various trials,
⁷that the proving of your faith, much more precious than of gold which perishes, though it be proved by fire, be found to praise and glory and honour in the revelation of Jesus Christ: (1 Peter 1:6‑7)

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1 Peter 4:12‑14• ¹²Beloved, take not as strange the fire of persecution which has taken place amongst you for your trial, as if a strange thing was happening to you;
¹³but as ye have share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, that in the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exultation.
¹⁴If ye are reproached in the name of Christ, blessed are ye; for the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God rests upon you: on their part he is blasphemed, 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 to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armour-bearer would not; for he was much afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it. (1 Sam. 31:4)

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Job 2:9‑10• ⁹And his wife said to him, Dost thou still remain firm in thine integrity? curse God and die.
¹⁰But he said to her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. We have also received good from God, and should we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips. (Job 2:9‑10)

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Psa. 37:33• ³³Jehovah 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 orphans, I am coming to you. (John 14:18)

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1 Cor. 10:13• ¹³No temptation has taken you but such as is according to man's nature; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able to bear, but will with the temptation make the issue also, so that ye should 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,