Bearing about in the body, &c.; continually exemplifying in our lives that endurance of suffering which characterized the life of the Savior. The word dying is put for suffering, in antithesis to the word life. Cases of this kind often occur among the sacred writers, where words are used in one or the other of the parallel clauses of a sentence, with some latitude of meaning, in order to preserve a contrast of expression in the two clauses. For examples, see the word hate, in and in Romans 9:13.

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Verse 11

Verse 11

Delivered unto death; exposed to death.

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Verse 12

Verse 12

The meaning is, we give ourselves up to the power and dominion of death, that spiritual life may be bestowed upon you.

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Verse 13

Verse 13

The same--according as it is written; that is, the same spirit with that referred to in the passage in which it is written, &c. (Psalms 116:10.)

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Verse 15

Verse 15

Of many; of the many saved by it.

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Verse 16

Verse 16

We faint not, we are not discouraged.--Our outward man; that which pertains to present and temporal welfare.--The inward man; the soul, in respect to its spiritual interests.

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Verse 17

Verse 17

Light affliction; light in comparison with the glory which shall follow.

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Verse 18

Verse 18

We look not at; we do not regard.--The things which are seen; the things relating to this life, that is, the sufferings of which he had been speaking.

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Bibliographical Information
Abbott, John S. C. & Abbott, Jacob. "Commentary on 2 Corinthians 4". "Abbott's Illustrated New Testament". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/ain/2-corinthians-4.html. 1878.

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