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- The dying of the Lord Jesus; literally, the putting to death (Vulgate, mortificatio). This is even stronger than 2 Corinthians 1:5 . It is not only "the sufferings," but even "the dying," of Christ of which his true followers partake ( Romans 8:36 , "For thy sake are we killed all the day long").
17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. (10) Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus. —The word for “dying” (again, probably, a distinctly medical term) is literally “deadness,” “the state of acorpse.”
For God, who said, 'Light shall shine out of darkness,' is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. - What is the meaning of 2 Corinthians 4:6?
2 Corinthians 4:6. ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς κ. τ. λ.: seeing it is God who said “Light shall shine out of darkness” (a paraphrase of Genesis 1:3; cf. Psalm 112:4), who shined in our hearts to illuminate (others) with the knowledge of the glory of God in the Face of Christ.
What does 2 Corinthians 4:10 mean? Scripture explains clearly that those who carry the gospel are just fragile vessels that contain a powerful truth. As in Paul's case, it is God's power, not their own, that keeps them going in the mission to take the gospel to the world.
8 mar 2020 · 2 Corinthians 4:6. “For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness, ”made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.”.
