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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• ²⁵The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. (Deut. 32:25)

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when.

2 Cor. 1:16‑17• ¹⁶And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judea.
¹⁷When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be 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, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia. (2 Cor. 2:13)

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Acts 20:1• ¹And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia. (Acts 20:1)

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1 Cor. 16:5• ⁵Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia. (1 Cor. 16:5)

our.

2 Cor. 4:8‑12• ⁸We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
⁹Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
¹⁰Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
¹¹For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
¹²So then death worketh 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 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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Gen. 8:9• ⁹But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. (Gen. 8:9)

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

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Jer. 8:18• ¹⁸When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me. (Jer. 8:18)

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Jer. 45:3• ³Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the Lord hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. (Jer. 45:3)

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Matt. 11:28‑30• ²⁸Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
³⁰For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matt. 11:28‑30)

troubled.

2 Cor. 4:8• ⁸We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; (2 Cor. 4:8)

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Job 18:11• ¹¹Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. (Job 18:11)

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

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Jer. 20:10• ¹⁰For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, 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• ²⁵The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. (Deut. 32:25)

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

fears.

2 Cor. 2:3,9• ³And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
⁹For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things. (2 Cor. 2:3,9)

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

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2 Cor. 12:20‑21• ²⁰For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
²¹And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed. (2 Cor. 12:20‑21)

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Gal. 4:11,19‑20• ¹¹I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labor in vain.
¹⁹My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
²⁰I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. (Gal. 4:11,19‑20)

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1 Thess. 3:5• ⁵For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labor be in vain. (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.