Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [2 Corinthians: Chapter 4].
is the {dynamo} (\dunamis\). It comes from God (\tou theou\,
ablative) and does not originate with us (\m• ex h•m•n\).
4:8 {Pressed} (\thlibomenoi\). From \thlib•\, to press as grapes,
to contract, to squeeze. Series of present passive participles
here through verse 9 that vividly picture Paul's ministerial
career. {Yet not straitened} (\all' ou stenoch•roumenoi\). Each
time the exception is stated by \all' ou\. From \stenoch•re•\
(\stenoch•ros\, from \stenos\, narrow, \ch•ros\, space), to be in
a narrow place, to keep in a tight place. Late verb, in LXX and
papyri. In N.T. only here and 2Co 6:12. {Yet not unto despair}
(\all' ouk exaporoumenoi\). Late perfective compound with \ex-\
of \exapore•\. A very effective play on words here, lost, but not
lost out.
4:9 {Forsaken} (\egkataleipomenoi\). Double compound of old verb
\eg-kata-leip•\, to leave behind, to leave in the lurch. {Smitten
down} (\kataballomenoi\). As if overtaken. {Destroyed}
(\apollumenoi\). Perishing as in verse 3. Was Paul referring to
Lystra when the Jews stoned him and thought him dead?
4:10 {Bearing about} (\peripherontes\). Ignatius was called
\Theophoros\, God-bearer. See 1Co 15:31 where Paul says "I die
daily" and Php 3:10; Col 1:24. {The dying of Jesus} (\t•n
nekr•sin tou I•sou\). Late word from \nekro•\, to put to death.
In Galen. In N.T. only here and Ro 4:19.
4:11 {Are alway delivered unto death} (\eis thanaton
paradidometha\). This explains verse 10.
4:12 {Death worketh in us} (\ho thanatos en h•min energeitai\).
Middle voice present tense of the old verb to operate, be at
work. Physical death works in him while spiritual life (paradox)
works in them.
4:13 {According to that which is written} (\kata to
gegrammenon\). This formula in legal documents in the papyri
(_Bible Studies_, p. 250). Paul makes adaptation of the words in
Ps 95:1. {We also believe} (\kai h•meis pisteuomen\). Like the
Psalmist. And therefore can speak with effect. Otherwise useless.
{Shall present us with you} (\kai parast•sei sun h•min\). This
shows that Paul was not certain that he would be alive when Jesus
comes as has been wrongly inferred from 1Co 7:29; 10:11; 15:51.
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