2 Corinthians 4:8-10

4:8 We are experiencing trouble on every side, ¹  but are not crushed; we are perplexed, ²  but not driven to despair; 4:9 we are persecuted, but not abandoned; ³  we are knocked down, ⁴  but not destroyed, 4:10 always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, ⁵  so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible ⁶  in our body.

2 Corinthians 4:16

4:16 Therefore we do not despair, ⁷  but even if our physical body ⁸  is wearing away, our inner person ⁹  is being renewed day by day.

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¹ tn Grk “we are hard pressed [by crowds] on every side.”

² tn Or “at a loss.”

³ tn Or “forsaken.”

⁴ tn Or “badly hurt.” It is possible to interpret καταβαλλόμενοι (kataballomenoi) here as “badly hurt”: “[we are] badly hurt, but not destroyed” (L&N 20.21).

⁵ tn The first clause of 2 Cor 4:10 is elliptical and apparently refers to the fact that Paul was constantly in danger of dying in the same way Jesus died (by violence at least). According to L&N 23.99 it could be translated, “at all times we live in the constant threat of being killed as Jesus was.”

⁶ tn Or “may also be revealed.”

⁷ tn Or “do not lose heart.”

⁸ tn Grk “our outer man.”

⁹ tn Grk “our inner [man].”