 | Thomas N. Hart - 1980 - 136 pages
...another. Well, Paul has apparently felt this too. He describes himself as hanging on by a thread at times: We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed,...persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed (2 Cor 4:8-9). This describes the precarious character of his life and work, but then he goes on to... | |
 | Fred O. Francis, J. Paul Sampley - 1984 - 420 pages
...have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us. "We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; "'always carrying in the body the death... | |
 | Elizabeth Rice Achtemeier - 228 pages
...say, Rejoice" (Phil. 4:4)! "... I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content" (Phil. 4:11). "We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed,...but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed" (II Cor. 4:8-9). "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or... | |
 | Gerhard Krodel - 1986 - 534 pages
...history continue and that his messengers are coworkers of God (1 Cor. 3:9; 2 Cor. 6:1; Phil. 2:13). They are "afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed,...not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken" (2 Cor. 4:8). Through their labors God had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles, granting them the... | |
 | Colin G. Kruse - 1987 - 228 pages
...vulnerability of Paul and his co-workers on the one hand and the power of God which sustains them on the other. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed,...but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. For the sort of concrete experiences to which these verses allude, see 11:23-33. 10-11. After the illustrations... | |
 | Philip J. Lee - 1993 - 368 pages
...strengthen you."6 If Protestants, through the discipline of the Church, can learn to live as those "afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed,...persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;"6 surely, no matter how ordinary and unpublicized their lives, they cannot help but be effective... | |
 | 1987 - 268 pages
...this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us. 8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; I0 always carrying in the body the... | |
 | Walter Brueggemann - 1990 - 388 pages
...have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed;...but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. II Corinthians 4:7-9 At II Samuel 9 we begin a new literature. Ever since Host in 1926, scholars have... | |
 | Creighton Peden, Larry E. Axel - 1989 - 272 pages
...no better statement of the function of religion in Bernhardt's view than in these familiar verses: We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed,...but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. . . . ... to be strengthened with might through the spirit in the inner self. . . . So we do not lose... | |
 | Jerome H. Neyrey - 1990 - 270 pages
...victory. Our interest lies in the first part, the assaults and sufferings inflicted on him. Attack Victory We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed,...persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed (4:8-9). Again, no source is specified here, either evil men or Evil Spirits; nevertheless, the sufferings... | |
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But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken;... 
