Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [2 Corinthians: Chapter 4].
4:15 {Being multiplied through the many} (\pleonasasa dia t•n
pleion•n\). Late word \pleonaz•\ from \pleon\, more, "making more
through the more," with play on \pleon\. One can think of
Bunyan's _Grace Abounding_.
4:16 {Wherefore we faint not} (\dio ouk egkakoumen\). Repeats
from verse 1. {Our outward man} (\ho ex• h•m•n anthr•pos\),
{our inward man} (\ho es• h•m•n\). In Ro 7:22; Col 3:9; Eph
4:22f., we have the inward man and the outward for the higher
and the lower natures (the spirit and the flesh). "Here the decay
(\diaphtheiretai\) of the bodily organism is set over against the
growth in grace (\anakainoutai\, is refreshed) of the man
himself" (Bernard). Plato (_Republ_. ix, p. 589) has \ho entos
anthr•pos\. Cf. "the hidden man of the heart" (1Pe 3:4). {Day
by day} (\h•mer•i kai h•mer•i\). This precise idiom is not in LXX
nor rest of N.T. It may be colloquial use of locative in
repetition.
4:17 {Our light affliction which is for the moment} (\to
parautika elaphron t•s thlipese•s h•m•n\). Literally, "the for
the moment (old adverb \parautika\, here only in N.T.) lightness
(old word, in N.T. only here and Mt 11:30)." {More and more
exceedingly} (\kath' huperbol•n eis huperbol•n\). Like piling
Pelion on Ossa, "according to excess unto excess." See on ¯1Co
12:31. {Eternal weight of glory} (\ai•nion baros dox•s\).
Careful balancing of words in contrast (affliction vs. glory,
lightness vs. weight, for the moment vs. eternal).
4:18 {While we look not} (\m• skopount•n h•m•n\). Genitive
absolute with participle of \skope•\ from \skopos\, goal.
{Temporal} (\proskaira\). Rather temporary, for a season (\pros
kairon\). Late word. See on ¯Mt 13:21. See 1Co 13:12; Heb
11:1.
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(2 Corinthians: Chapter 4)