2 Coríntios 4
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2 Coríntios 4:1
Paul attributes his perseverance not to human merit but to the mercy of God, which first cleanses a person, then makes him righteous, adopts him as a son of God and endows him with a glory like the glory of God's own Son. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
2 Coríntios 4:2
This is really an invitation. Just while he had been speaking about himself and his associates, Paul is now exhorting the Corinthians to lead a better life. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
2 Coríntios 4:3
Unbelief casts darkness over the splendor of the power of God. This is especially true in the case of the Jews. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
2 Coríntios 4:4
Paul is saying that God dims the sight of worldly people because they are hostile to the faith of Christ. He is giving them what they want, since it is because they are hostile and tell lies that they move further toward not being able to believe what they do not want to believe. Commentary on Paul's Epistles.
2 Coríntios 4:5
In expressing himself humbly, Paul spoke in a way which was designed to show that he was not preaching the gospel for his own advantage but for the glory of the Lord Christ, to whom he is obedient. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
2 Coríntios 4:7
By treasure, Paul meant the sacrament of God in Christ, which is made manifest to believers but which has been concealed from unbelievers with a veil. Just as a treasure is put in a hidden place, the sacrament of God is hidden within a person, in his heart. The reference to earthen vessels is an allusion to the weakness of human nature, which can do nothing unless empowered by God. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
2 Coríntios 4:9
God was with them, like a shepherd, when they were in need. He looked after their interests, so that their enemies would not get the better of them. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
2 Coríntios 4:10
Christ himself shares in the death of martyrs. Their sufferings are his sufferings. His life is made manifest in their bodies. Their sufferings are evidence of the fact that they are prepared to receive the life to come which Christ promised. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
2 Coríntios 4:11
Paul is saying that Christians are not afraid to die because they have the promise of resurrection. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
2 Coríntios 4:12
Paul is saying this because he and Timothy were being threatened with death for their sakes. By preaching to the Gentiles they had stirred up hatred from both Jews and Gentiles, risking even death. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
2 Coríntios 4:15
God does not want anyone to be excluded from his gift. But because not everyone had received the word of faith, God's apostle, who knew God's will, was not afraid to suffer persecutions and perils as long as he could preach to everyone faithfully, so that more people might believe. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
2 Coríntios 4:16
In times of persecution the soul advances. Every day it adds something more to its experience of faith. Even the damage done to the body becomes conducive to immortality through the merit of the soul. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
2 Coríntios 4:17
Paul is saying that our present afflictions are light because they are happening within time and space. In return for this light tribulation, we shall gain a degree of glory beyond measure. Commentary on Paul's Epistles.
2 Coríntios 4:18
Paul is saying that people who long for heavenly things despise the things of this world, because in comparison with what they want, these things are nothing. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES