2 Coríntios 4
John Phillips · Citado em PreceptAustin
2 Coríntios 4:1-2
Phillips: This is the ministry of the new agreement which God in his mercy has given us and nothing can daunt us. ( Phillips: Touchstone) Weymouth: Therefore, being engaged in this service and being mindful of the mercy which has been shown us, we are not cowards.
2 Coríntios 4:1-2
Phillips: We use no hocus-pocus, no clever tricks, no dishonest manipulation of the Word of God. We speak the plain truth and so commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. ( Phillips: Touchstone) Weymouth: Nay, we have renounced the secrecy which marks a feeling of shame. We practice no cunning tricks, nor do we adulterate God’s Message. But by a full clear statement of the truth we strive to commend ourselves in the presence of God to every human conscience.
2 Coríntios 4:1-2
Phillips has a pithy summary of the three ministerial perversions Paul staunchly disavows "We use no hocus-pocus, no clever tricks, no dishonest manipulation of the Word of God." But (alla) uses this conjunction to sound a strong contrast between God's ministry in and through him and the false ministers that had infiltrated the church at Corinth. Paul Apple prefaces Paul's remarks with the statement that "standing up with transparent integrity is the ultimate safeguard. Couple this with Paul's Aggressive Opposition to Deceit and Marketing Manipulation We have renounced the things hidden (kruptos) because of shame - Amplified = "We have renounced disgraceful ways (secret thoughts, feelings, desires and underhandedness, the methods and arts that men hide through shame); we refuse to deal craftily (to practice trickery and cunning) or to adulterate or handle dishonestly the Word of God." Paul is saying he is not hiding anything in his ministry, that nothing is veiled. Have renounced is aorist tense, a so-called "timeless aorist" (A T Robertson) which pictures this as a once and forever repudiation by Paul. Hidden because of shame is more literally "the hidden things of shame". Paul is referring to those things that are done only under cover with the fear of shame if exposed.
2 Coríntios 4:3-4
Phillips: If our Gospel is "veiled", the veil must be in the minds of those who are spiritually dying. ( Phillips: Touchstone) Weymouth: If, however, the meaning of our Good News has been veiled, the veil has been on the hearts of those who are on the way to perdition,
2 Coríntios 4:3-4
Phillips: The spirit of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe, and prevents the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, the image of God, from shining on them. ( Phillips: Touchstone) Weymouth: in whom the god of this present age has blinded their unbelieving minds so as to shut out the sunshine of the Good News of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God. because of the thanksgivings of the increased number, may more and more promote the glory of God. .
2 Coríntios 4:5-6
Phillips: For it is Christ Jesus the Lord whom we preach, not ourselves; we are your servants for his sake ( Phillips: Touchstone) Weymouth: (For we do not proclaim ourselves, but we proclaim Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bondservants for the sake of Jesus.)
2 Coríntios 4:5-6
Phillips: God, who first ordered 'light to shine in darkness', has flooded our hearts with his light. We now can enlighten men only because we can give them knowledge of the glory of God, as we see it in the face of Jesus Christ. ( Phillips: Touchstone) Weymouth: For God who said, “Out of darkness let light shine,” is He who has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory, which is radiant on the face of Christ.
2 Coríntios 4:7-9
Phillips: This priceless treasure we hold, so to speak, in a common earthenware jar - to show that the splendid power of it belongs to God and not to us. ( Phillips: Touchstone) Weymouth: But we have this treasure in a fragile vase of clay, in order that the surpassing greatness of the power may be seen to belong to God, and not to originate in us.
2 Coríntios 4:7-9
Phillips: We are handicapped on all sides, but we are never frustrated; we are puzzled, but never in despair. ( Phillips: Touchstone) Weymouth: We are hard pressed, yet never in absolute distress; perplexed, yet never utterly baffled;
2 Coríntios 4:7-9
Phillips: We are persecuted, but we never have to stand it alone: we may be knocked down but we are never knocked out! ( Phillips: Touchstone) Weymouth: pursued, yet never left unsuccoured; struck to the ground, yet never slain;
2 Coríntios 4:7-9
Phillips - "We may be knocked down but we are never knocked out!" NET Note adds "It is possible to interpret kataballomenoi here as “badly hurt“: “[we are] badly hurt, but not destroyed”"
2 Coríntios 4:10-12
Phillips: Every day we experience something of the death of the Lord Jesus, so that we may also know the power of the life of Jesus in these bodies of ours. ( Phillips: Touchstone) Weymouth: always, wherever we go, carrying with us in our bodies the putting to death of Jesus, so that in our bodies it may also be clearly shown that Jesus lives.
2 Coríntios 4:10-12
Phillips: Yes, we who are living are always being exposed to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be plainly seen in our mortal lives. ( Phillips: Touchstone) Weymouth: For we, alive though we are, are continually surrendering ourselves to death for the sake of Jesus, so that in this mortal nature of ours it may also be clearly shown that Jesus lives.
2 Coríntios 4:10-12
Phillips: We are always facing death, but this means that you know more and more of life. ( Phillips: Touchstone) Weymouth: Thus we are constantly dying, while you are in full enjoyment of Life.
2 Coríntios 4:13-15
Phillips: Our faith is like that mentioned in the scripture: 'I believed and therefore I spoke'. ( Phillips: Touchstone) Weymouth: But possessing the same Spirit of faith as he who wrote, “I believed, and therefore I have spoken,” we also believe, and therefore we speak.
2 Coríntios 4:13-15
Phillips: For we too speak because we believe, and we know for certain that he who raised the Lord Jesus from death shall also by him raise us. We shall all stand together before him. ( Phillips: Touchstone) Weymouth: For we know that He who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will raise us also to be with Jesus, and will cause both us and you to stand in His own presence. .
2 Coríntios 4:13-15
Phillips: We wish you could see how all this is working out for your benefit, and how the more grace God gives, the more thanksgiving will redound to his glory. ( Phillips: Touchstone) TLB - These sufferings of ours are for your benefit. And the more of you who are won to Christ, the more there are to thank him for his great kindness, and the more the Lord is glorified. Weymouth: For everything is for your sakes, in order that grace, being more richly bestowed because of the thanksgivings of the increased number, may more and more promote the glory of God. .
2 Coríntios 4:16
Phillips: This is the reason why we never collapse. The outward man does indeed suffer wear and tear, but every day the inward man receives fresh strength. ( Phillips: Touchstone) RSV: So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed every day. TEV: For this reason we never become discouraged. Even though our physical being is gradually decaying, yet our spiritual being is renewed day after day. TLB: That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our inner strength in the Lord is growing every day. Weymouth: Therefore we are not cowards. Nay, even though our outward man is wasting away, yet our inward man is being renewed day by day.
2 Coríntios 4:17
Phillips: These little troubles (which are really so transitory) are winning for us a permanent, glorious and solid reward out of all proportion to our pain. ( Phillips: Touchstone) RSV: For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, TEV: And this small and temporary trouble we suffer will bring us a tremendous and eternal glory, much greater than the trouble. TLB: These troubles and sufferings of ours are, after all, quite small and won’t last very long. Yet this short time of distress will result in God’s richest blessing upon us forever and ever! Weymouth: For this our light and transitory burden of suffering is achieving for us a preponderating, yes, a vastly preponderating, and eternal weight of glory;
2 Coríntios 4:18
Phillips: For we are looking all the time not at the visible things but at the invisible. The visible things are transitory: it is the invisible things that are really permanent. ( Phillips: Touchstone) RSV: because we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. TEV: For we fix our attention, not on things that are seen, but on things that are unseen. What can be seen lasts only for a time, but what cannot be seen lasts forever. TLB: So we do not look at what we can see right now, the troubles all around us, but we look forward to the joys in heaven which we have not yet seen. The troubles will soon be over, but the joys to come will last forever. Weymouth: while we look not at things seen, but things unseen; for things seen are temporary, but things unseen are eternal.