Passage Resources Hebrew/Greek Your Content
Previous Next
Add parallel Print Page Options

2 Corinthians 4:7-9
New English Translation

An Eternal Weight of Glory

7 But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power[a] belongs to God and does not come from us. 8 We are experiencing trouble on every side,[b] but are not crushed; we are perplexed,[c] but not driven to despair; 9 we are persecuted, but not abandoned;[d] we are knocked down,[e] but not destroyed,

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 4:7 tn Grk “the surpassingness of the power”; δυνάμεως (dunameōs) has been translated as an attributed genitive (“extraordinary power”).
  2. 2 Corinthians 4:8 tn Grk “we are hard pressed [by crowds] on every side.”
  3. 2 Corinthians 4:8 tn Or “at a loss.”
  4. 2 Corinthians 4:9 tn Or “forsaken.”
  5. 2 Corinthians 4:9 tn Or “badly hurt.” It is possible to interpret καταβαλλόμενοι (kataballomenoi) here as “badly hurt”: “[we are] badly hurt, but not destroyed” (L&N 20.21).
Next
2 Corinthians 3
2 Corinthians 5
Next
dropdown
New English Translation (NET)

NET Bible® copyright ©1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com All rights reserved.