2 Corinthians 4:13-18 NIV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:14

Knowing that he which raised up the Lord, etc. - And though we shall at last seal this truth with our blood, we fear not, being persuaded that as the body of Christ was raised from the dead by the power of the Father, so shall our bodies be raised, and that we shall have an eternal life with him in glory. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:15

For all things are for your sakes - We proclaim all these truths and bear all these sufferings for your sakes, thinking all our sufferings nothing if we can gain converts to Christ, and build believers up on their most holy faith. That the abundant grace - Ἡ χαρις πλεονασασα· The abounding benefit - the copious outpouring of the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit, by which you have been favored and enriched, may, through the thanksgiving of many, redound to the glory of God: i.e.... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:16

For which cause we faint not - Ουκ εκκα κουμεν . See on 2 Corinthians 4:1 ; (note). Here we have the same various reading; εγκακουμεν , we do no wickedness; and it is supported by BDEFG, and some others: but it is remarkable that Mr. Wakefield follows the common reading here, though the various-reading is at least as well supported in this verse as in verse first. The common reading, faint not, appears to agree best with the apostle's meaning. But though our outward man - That is,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:17

For our light affliction, etc. - Mr. Blackwall, in his sacred classics, has well illustrated this passage. I shall here produce his paraphrase as quoted by Dr. Dodd: "This is one of the most emphatic passages in all St. Paul's writings, in which he speaks as much like an orator as he does as an apostle. The lightness of the trial is expressed by το ελαφρον της θλιψεως , the lightness of our affliction; as if he had said, it is even levity itself in such a comparison. On the other hand, the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:18

While we look not at the things which are seen - Μη σκοπουντων . While we aim not at the things which are seen; do not make them our object; are not striving to obtain them; for they are not worthy the pursuit of an immortal spirit, because they are seen; they are objects to which the natural eye can reach; and they are προσκαιρα , temporary; they are to have a short duration, and must have an end. But the things which we make our scope and aim are not seen; they are spiritual, and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:13

Verse 13 13.Having the same spirit. This is a correction of the foregoing irony. He had represented the condition of the Corinthians as widely different from his own, (not according to his own judgment, but according to their erroneous view,) inasmuch as they were desirous of a gospel that was pleasant and free from all molestation of the cross, and entertained less honorable views of him, because his condition was less renowned. Now, however, he associates himself with them in the hope of the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:15

Verse 15 15.For all things are for your sakes He now associates himself with the Corinthians, not merely in the hope of future blessedness, but also in these very afflictions, in which they might seem to differ from him most widely, for he lets them know, that, if he is afflicted, it is for their benefit. Hence it follows, that there was good reason why they should transfer part of them to themselves. What Paul states, depends first of all on that secret fellowship, which the members of Christ... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:16

Verse 16 16.For which cause we faint not (491) He now, as having carried his point, rises to a higher confidence than before. “There is no cause,” says he, “ why we should lose heart, or sink down under the burden of the cross, the issue of which is not merely so desirable to myself, but is also salutary to others.” Thus he exhorts the Corinthians to fortitude by his own example, should they happen at any time to be similarly afflicted. Farther, he beats down that insolence, in which they in no... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:17

Verse 17 17.Momentary lightness. As our flesh always shrinks back from its own destruction, whatever reward may be presented to our view, and as we are influenced much more by present feeling than by the hope of heavenly blessings, Paul on that account admonishes us, that the afflictions and vexations of the pious have little or nothing of bitterness, if compared with the boundless blessings of everlasting glory. He had said, that the decay of the outward man ought to occasion us no grief,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:18

Verse 18 While we look not. Mark what it is, that will make all the miseries of this world easy to be endured, — if we carry forward our thoughts to the eternity of the heavenly kingdom. For a moment is long, if we look around us on this side and on that; but, when we have once raised our minds heavenward, a thousand years begin to appear to us to be like a moment. Farther, the Apostle’s words intimate, that we are imposed upon by the view of present things, because there is nothing there that... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:18

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