The endless glories which await faithful ministers and Christians, and for which their present trials are preparing them, are such that, in comparison, the latter are swallowed up and lost in the eternal greatness of the former.
Verse 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 t...
WHILE WE LOOK ... - Or, rather, we not looking at the things which are seen. The design of this is, to show in what way the afflictions which they endured became in their view light and momentary. It...
5. THE CHARACTER OF THE TRUE MINISTRY. CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The Gospel of the Glory of Christ. (2 Corinthians 4:1)_ 2. The Treasure in Earthen Vessels; Weakness and Power. (2 Corinthians 4:7) 3. Resurrec...
It is true that the splendid character of this ministry is for the present obscured by the earthly and physical conditions under which it is discharged. Paul is conscious that this disability is speci...
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 produce...
THE BLINDED EYE (2 Corinthians 4:1-6)...
LOOK. Greek. _skopeo_. See Luke 11:35. SEEN. Greek. _blepo._ App-133.:6. TEMPORAL. temporary, for. season. Greek. _proskairos,_ Only here, Matthew 13:21.Mark 4:17;...
_while we look not_ Rather, since _we look not, do not fix our attention_. _at the things which are not seen_ The Christian habitually views all that comes before him from the standpoint of the invisi...
16–18. He has just said how his _faith_ sustains him. Without using the word, he now expresses his steadfast _hope_. The balanced antitheses, verse by verse, give this passage something of the rhythm...
ΜῊ ΣΚΟΠΟΎΝΤΩΝ ἩΜΩ͂Ν. SINCE _we look not_, do not fix our eyes upon or pay attention to: Philippians 2:4; Philippians 3:17; Romans 16:17. We might have had μὴ σκοποῦσι. Blass (§ 74. 5) compares φρίκη μ...
_AN ETERNAL WEIGHT OF GLORY 2 CORINTHIANS 4:16-18:_ Paul would never give up. He did not just become exhausted and wearied and faint. There was resistance to his message, but he would not faint. He si...
ΣΚΟΠΟΎΝΤΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΣΚΟΠΈΩ (G4648) внимательно всматриваться во что-л., сосредотачивать внимание на чем-л. Part, используется как _gen. abs._, сопутств. (Hughes), ΒΛΕΠΌΜΕΝA _praes. pass...
DISCOURSE: 2016 THE CHRISTIAN’S EXPERIENCE IN AFFLICTION 2 Corinthians 4:17. _Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while w...
WHILE WE LOOK NOT AT, &C.— Or, _while we aim not at._ This is the exact signification of the Greek word σκοπουντων; and our English word "scope," or "mark aimed at," is derived from the same Greek wor...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Paul's View Of His Ministry Scripture_ 2 Corinthians 4:7-18. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 3 Misgivings (2 Corinthians 4:16-18) 16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed every day. 17For this slight m...
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. LOOK NOT AT - as ou...
10 The widespread fiction that the life of a Christian must be one of settled calm and contentment, prosperous and in every way advantageous in this life, is proven utterly fallacious by the experienc...
4:18 (d-1) 'While' has not the sense of time here. The literal translation, 'we not looking,' would convey a somewhat causative sense, which is not the force of the passage....
1-6. The messengers of this gospel are not afraid to proclaim it, for they preach Christ, who has revealed the glory of God. 1, 2. PARAPHRASE. 'Having this glorious gospel to preach, we proclaim it bo...
WE LOOK NOT] If we look at these afflictions they will loom so large in our view as to shut out the prospect beyond; therefore we look past them. THE THINGS WHICH ARE SEEN] the material, including the...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 4 V1 God in his *mercy has given us this work to do. As a result, we do not lose hope. V2 We do not do things in secret a...
WHILE WE LOOK NOT AT THE THINGS WHICH ARE SEEN. — The “while we look” is, according to the Greek idiom, the condition of what had been stated in the preceding verse. The “look” is that of one who cont...
CHAPTER 12 THE VICTORY OF FAITH. 2 Corinthians 4:7 (R.V) IN the opening verses of this chapter Paul has magnified his office, and his equipment for it. He has risen to a great height, poetic and spi...
HE IS SUSTAINED BY A GLORIOUS HOPE....
μὴ σκοπούντων ἡμῶν τὰ βλεπόμενα f1κ. τ. λ.: _while we look not at the things which are seen_ (_cf._ chap. 2 Corinthians 5:7), _but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are t...
THE INWARD LIFE TRIUMPHANT OVER AFFLICTION 2 Corinthians 4:7 Few men have been more conscious of their weakness than was the Apostle. The earthen vessel had become very cracked and scratched, but the...
Continuing about the ministry, the apostle said, "We faint not," "we have renounced the hidden things of shame," "we preach... Christ Jesus as Lord." Hearing, some perish because "the god of this worl...
A PROPER VIEW OF SUFFERING Since he believed death would be followed by a resurrection, and his suffering brought God glory, Paul did not give up hope and quit fighting. While the physical body was gr...
(8) We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; (9) Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; (10) Always bearing about in the body the d...
REFLECTIONS I would ponder well the contents of this sweet Chapter. What a mercy to a place, to a Church, to a people, is a faithful servant of the Lord Jesus Christ! What a mercy to that servant, th...
_PERSONAL EXPERIENCE_ ‘While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen.’ 2 Corinthians 4:18 The Apostle is here engaged with a matter of personal experience. He...
_AN ESTIMATE OF SUFFERING_ ‘Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at th...
_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...
Having received this ministry of righteousness and of the Spirit, the foundation of which was Christ glorified beheld with open face, he not only used great boldness of speech, but his zeal was not ab...
WHILE WE LOOK NOT AT THE THINGS WHICH ARE SEEN,.... These are the things of this world, such as riches, honours, pleasures, profits, c. which are visible to, and strike the senses of a natural man, an...
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen _are_ temporal; but the things which are not seen _are_ eternal. Ver. 18. _Whiles w...
_While we look_ That is, this weight of glory will be wrought out for us while we look, or provided we look, namely, by faith and expectation; _not at the things which are seen_ Men, money, honour, pl...
How the apostle rose above every handicap:...
WHILE WE LOOK NOT AT THE THINGS WHICH ARE SEEN, BUT AT THE THINGS WHICH ARE NOT SEEN; FOR THE THINGS WHICH ARE SEEN ARE TEMPORAL, BUT THE THINGS WHICH ARE NOT SEEN ARE ETERNAL. The mention of the life...
Chapter s 4 and 5 now show some of the precious, practical results of this ministry, seen in those entrusted with it; for it is such a ministry itself that works powerfully in them to enable them to c...
13-18 The grace of faith is an effectual remedy against fainting in times of trouble. They knew that Christ was raised, and that his resurrection was an earnest and assurance of theirs. The hope of t...
Two things support the spirits of Christians under trials; 1. The eyeing of him who is invisible; this supported Moses, HEBREWS 11:27: _He endured, as seeing him who is invisible._ 2. The seeing by t...
while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. [We have here the same...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans "For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal."[21] Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III But us the Word enjoi...
2 Corinthians 4:18 while G4648 we G2257 not G3361 at G4648 (G5723) seen G991 (G5746) but G235 are...
‘For this reason we faint not. But though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceeding...
CONSIDERATION OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TWO COVENANTS (2 CORINTHIANS 4:12) Having been described as earthen vessels, the practical application of this is now made. As earthen vessel...
WHILE WE LOOK NOT (μη σκοπουντων ημων). Genitive absolute with participle of σκοπεω from σκοπος, goal.TEMPORAL (προσκαιρα). Rather temporary, for a season (προς καιρον). Late word. See on Matthew...
2 Corinthians 4:18 Things Temporal and Things Eternal. I. There is a truth which we all know equally well whether we are learned or ignorant, old or young; we are all equally well assured of the trut...
2 Corinthians 4:1. _Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;_ Stern was the labour of the apostles, but they felt that their work was so all-important, so divi...
CONTENTS: Truth taught, commended by the life. The preaching of the Lordship of Christ. The suffering of true ministers with Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul. CONCLUSION: A steadfast adherence t...
2 Corinthians 4:1. _Seeing we have this ministry,_ of grace and reconciliation to a guilty world; the ministry of righteousness, not of condemnation; the ministry of life, and not of death; we have li...
FOR WE FIX OUR ATTENTION. "We pay no attention to the glory that this world has to offer (1 John 2:15-17). The power, honor, and glory of this world are only temporary!!! But the unseen things of God,...
For WHICH CAUSE WE FAINT NOT; BUT THOUGH OUR OUTWARD MAN PERISH, YET THE INWARD MAN IS RENEWED DAY BY DAY_._ Dual manhood I. There is a duality in Christian manhood. The apostle was not only a great...
_While we look not at the things which are seen … which … are temporal _ THE LAW OF THE HIGHER VISION I. The seen exists in the midst of the unseen. There are two worlds--the world of sense and the w...
_For our light affliction._ ., worketh for us a … weight of glory_._ LIGHT AFFLICTION AND ETERNAL GLORY I. A few preliminary observations upon affliction. 1. There are afflictions which are common...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 4:17 Earlier, Paul’s suffering was a burden too heavy to carry (2 Corinthians 1:8). Now it is a light momentary affli
CHAPTER 4 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. From what was said in the last chapter of the glory and honour belonging to the office of a preacher of the Gospel, S. Paul proceeds to assert that he discharges...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 4:8.—“Pressed for room, and still having room” (Stanley). “Perplexed, but not utterly perplexed” (Beet). Apparent, not real, contradiction to 2 Corinthians 1:8 (same wo...
EXPOSITION The glory of the gospel ministry (2 Corinthians 4:1), which sustains the hearts of Christ's ministers among all weaknesses and trials (2 Corinthians 4:7), especially by the faith in things...
Therefore seeing we have this ministry (2 Corinthians 4:1), What ministry? Pointing people to Jesus Christ. as we have received mercy, we faint not; But [we] have renounced the hidden things of disho...
1 John 2:16; 1 John 2:17; 1 John 2:25; 2 Corinthians 5:7;...
Seen - not seen. Compare the beautiful passage in Plato's "Phaedo," 79....
The things that are seen — Men, money, things of earth. The things that are not seen — God, grace, heaven....
The last reason is assigned here why the apostle was kept from fainting in and under the pressure of the most heavy afflictions: he looked not at present, but future things; not at things seen, but un...