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2 Cor. 7:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; withoutq were fightings, within were fears.

Deut. 32:25• ²⁵From without shall the sword bereave them, and in the chambers, terror--Both the young man and the virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs. (Deut. 32:25)

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when.

2 Cor. 1:16‑17• ¹⁶and to pass through to Macedonia by you, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and to be set forward by you to Judaea.
¹⁷Having therefore this purpose, did I then use lightness? Or what I purpose, do I purpose according to flesh, that there should be with me yea yea, and nay nay? (2 Cor. 1:16‑17)

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2 Cor. 2:13• ¹³I had no rest in my spirit at not finding Titus my brother; but bidding them adieu, I came away to Macedonia. (2 Cor. 2:13)

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Acts 20:1• ¹But after the tumult had ceased, Paul having called the disciples to him and embraced them, went away to go to Macedonia. (Acts 20:1)

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1 Cor. 16:5• ⁵But I will come to you when I shall have gone through Macedonia; for I do go through Macedonia. (1 Cor. 16:5)

our.

2 Cor. 4:8‑12• ⁸every way afflicted, but not straitened; seeing no apparent issue, but our way not entirely shut up;
⁹persecuted, but not abandoned; cast down, but not destroyed;
¹⁰always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body;
¹¹for we who live are always delivered unto death on account of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh;
¹²so that death works in us, but life in you. (2 Cor. 4:8‑12)

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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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Gen. 8:9• ⁹But the dove found no resting-place for the sole of her foot, and returned to him into the ark; for the waters were on the whole earth; and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ark. (Gen. 8:9)

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Isa. 33:12• ¹²And the peoples shall be as burnings of lime, as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. (Isa. 33:12)

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Jer. 8:18• ¹⁸My comfort in my sadness! my heart is faint in me! (Jer. 8:18)

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Jer. 45:3• ³Thou didst say, Woe unto me! for Jehovah hath added grief to my sorrow; I am weary with my sighing, and I find no rest. (Jer. 45:3)

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Matt. 11:28‑30• ²⁸Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and *I* will give you rest.
²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls;
³⁰for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matt. 11:28‑30)

troubled.

2 Cor. 4:8• ⁸every way afflicted, but not straitened; seeing no apparent issue, but our way not entirely shut up; (2 Cor. 4:8)

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Job 18:11• ¹¹Terrors make him afraid on every side, and chase him at his footsteps. (Job 18:11)

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Jer. 6:25• ²⁵Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for there is the sword of the enemy, terror is on every side. (Jer. 6:25)

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Jer. 20:10• ¹⁰For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side: Report, and we will report it. All my familiars are watching for my stumbling: Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him; and we shall take our revenge on him. (Jer. 20:10)

without.

Deut. 32:25• ²⁵From without shall the sword bereave them, and in the chambers, terror--Both the young man and the virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs. (Deut. 32:25)

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1 Cor. 15:31• ³¹Daily I die, by your boasting which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord. (1 Cor. 15:31)

fears.

2 Cor. 2:3,9• ³And I have written this very letter to you, that coming I may not have grief from those from whom I ought to have joy; trusting in you all that my joy is that of you all.
⁹For to this end also I have written, that I might know, by putting you to the test, if as to everything ye are obedient. (2 Cor. 2:3,9)

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2 Cor. 11:29• ²⁹Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is stumbled, and I burn not? (2 Cor. 11:29)

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2 Cor. 12:20‑21• ²⁰For I fear lest perhaps coming I find you not such as I wish, and that *I* be found by you such as ye do not wish: lest there might be strifes, jealousies, angers, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, puffings up, disturbances;
²¹lest my God should humble me as to you when I come again, and that I shall grieve over many of those who have sinned before, and have not repented as to the uncleanness and fornication and licentiousness which they have practised. (2 Cor. 12:20‑21)

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Gal. 4:11,19‑20• ¹¹I am afraid of you, lest indeed I have laboured in vain as to you.
¹⁹my children, of whom I again travail in birth until Christ shall have been formed in you:
²⁰and I should wish to be present with you now, and change my voice, for I am perplexed as to you. (Gal. 4:11,19‑20)

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1 Thess. 3:5• ⁵For this reason *I* also, no longer able to refrain myself, sent to know your faith, lest perhaps the tempter had tempted you and our labour should be come to nothing. (1 Thess. 3:5)

• “Our flesh” (ver. 5) is a peculiar expression, signifying I suppose his human weakness as such. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 7:1-16” by W. Kelly)

• Paul picks up the historical thread of things from which he had digressed in chapter 2:14. (“The Grounds on Which Paul Could Now Come to Them: 2 Corinthians 7:6-16” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

For indeed, when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted in every way; without combats, within fears.

W. Kelly Translation

For also when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but [we were] afflicted in every way; without fightings, within fears.