ACC ~ 2 Corinthians 4 v12

RISKING DEATH. AMBROSIASTER: Paul is saying this because he and Timothy were being threatened with death for their sakes. By preaching to the Gentiles they had stirred up hatred from both Jews and Gentiles, risking even death. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

ENDURING DANGERS. CHRYSOSTOM: We bear about his dying that the power of his life may be manifest. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 9.1.

THE IMPORTANCE OF FAITH 2 CORINTHIANS 4:13-18

OVERVIEW: Paul recalled the words of the psalmist when he was in great danger, from which there was no possibility of escape except through the power of God (CHRYSOSTOM). We have the same spirit of faith (NOVATIAN, AUGUSTINE, PELAGIUS, FULGENTIUS). All believers are made greater than death (THEODORET OF CYR) through the resurrection (POLYCARP). The body decays by being scourged and persecuted, but the inward person is renewed by faith, hope and a forward-looking will that braves those extremities (BASIL, AMBROSIASTER, CHRYSOSTOM). Our present afflictions are light because they are happening within time and space (ORIGEN, AMBROSIASTER, AUGUSTINE, CAESARIUS OF ARLES).

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