2 Corinthians 4:13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:8-18

In these verses the apostle gives an account of their courage and patience under all their sufferings, where observe, I. How their sufferings, and patience under them, are declared, 2 Cor. 4:8-12. The apostles were great sufferers; therein they followed their Master: Christ had told them that in the world they should have tribulation, and so they had; yet they met with wonderful support, great relief, and many allays of their sorrows. ?We are,? says the apostle, ?troubled on every side,... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:7-15

4:7-15 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the power which surpasses all things may be seen to be of God and not of us. We are sore pressed at every point, but not hemmed in. We are at our wit's end, but never at our hope's end. We are persecuted by men, but never abandoned by God. We are knocked down, but not knocked out. In our bodies we have to run the same risk of death as Jesus Christ did, so that in our body the same life as Jesus lived may be clear for all to see. For... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:13

We having the same Spirit of faith ,.... By faith here is meant, not the doctrine, but the grace of faith; a believing in the doctrines of the Gospel, and in the person of Christ; an exercise of that grace upon the death and resurrection of Christ; and particularly a looking by faith in full expectation of the saints' resurrection from the dead, and eternal glory, together with a reliance on the power, faithfulness, and promises of God to support under the afflictions of this life. Now of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:13

We having the same spirit of faith - As David had when he wrote Psalm 116:10 ; : I believed, therefore have I spoken: we also believe that we shall receive the fulfillment of all God's promises; and being fully convinced of the truth of the Christian religion, we speak and testify that our deliverance is from God; and that he does not fail those who trust in him, and that he saves to the uttermost them who come unto him through Christ Jesus. 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

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:1-18

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:7-15

Glory of the ministry in the midst of its weakness and suffering. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:13

We ; rather, But we . The same spirit of faith. The spirit manifested by the psalmist in the quotation which follows. It is from Psalms 116:10 , a psalm which corresponded with St. Paul's mood because it was written in trouble sustained by faith. And this faith inspires him with the conviction that, after "the body of this death," and after this death in life, there should begin for him also the life in death. St. Paul says nothing as to the authorship of the psalm, which probably... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:13

We having the same spirit of faith - The same spirit that is expressed in the quotation which he is about to make; the same faith which the psalmist had. We have the very spirit of faith which is expressed by David. The sense is, we have the same spirit of faith which he had who said, “I believed,” etc. The phrase, “spirit of faith,” means substantially the same as faith itself; a believing sense or impression of the truth.According as it is written - This passage is found in Psalms 116:10.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Corinthians 4:13-15

2 Corinthians 4:13-15. We having the same spirit Which you have, because we have the same faith: or, we have the same spirit of faith which animated the saints of old, David in particular, when he said, I believed, and therefore have I spoken That is, I trusted in God, and therefore he has put this song of praise in my mouth. We also believe Have the same confidence that God will also deliver us out of our troubles; and therefore speak Declare this our confidence by preaching the... read more

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