2 Corinthians 4:17 NIV

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 4:16-18

4:16-18 That is the reason why we do not grow weary. But if indeed our outward frame is wasting away, our inward self is renewed day by day, for the light affliction which at the moment we must endure produces for us in a way that cannot be exaggerated an eternal weight of glory, so long as we do not think of the things which are seen, but of the things which are unseen, for the things which are seen are passing, but the things which are unseen are eternal. Here Paul sets out the secret of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:17

For our light affliction ,.... The difference between the present and future state of the saints is here expressed, the disparity between them shown, and the influence the one has upon the other. The present state is a state of "affliction". Affliction is the common lot of the children of men, but more especially of the children of God, and is here designed by "our" affliction; for these, besides their soul trouble, meet with such in the world, and from the men of it, others do not.... 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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:17

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment; literally, for the immediate lightness of our affliction . Worketh for us. Is bringing about for us, with all the immeasurable force of a natural and progressive law. A far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; literally, in excess unto excess . For the phrase, "to excess—characteristic, like other emotional expressions, of this group of Epistles—see 2 Corinthians 1:8 ; Galatians 1:13 . The word "eternal" is in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:17

For our light affliction - This verse, with the following, is designed to show further the sources of consolation and support which Paul and his fellow-laborers had in their many trials. Bloomfield remarks on this passage, that “in energy and beauty of expression, it is little inferior to any in Demosthenes himself, to whom, indeed, and to Thucydides in his orations, the style of the apostle, when it rises to the oratorical, bears no slight resemblance.” The passage abounds with intensive and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Corinthians 4:16-17

2 Corinthians 4:16-17. For which cause Because of which abounding grace that supports us; we faint not Under any of our present pressures; but though our outward man The body; perish Be worn out and brought to dust prematurely, by our continual labours and sufferings; our inward man The soul; is renewed day by day After the divine nature and likeness, receiving fresh degrees of spiritual strength, purity, and consolation, in proportion as the body grows weaker, and we feel our... read more

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

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:17

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Corinthians 4:16-17

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