But we don’t have to worry about it.
Danby House
For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
(2 Corinthians 4:6-12) NKJV
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For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
- treasure
- ฮธฮทฯฮฑฯ ฯแฝธฮฝ – thฤsauron
- a store-house for precious things; hence: a treasure, a store.
- excellency, surpassingness
- แฝฯฮตฯฮฒฮฟฮปแฝด – hyperbolฤ
- a throwing beyond, excess, superiority
Hyperbole, derived from a Greek word meaning โover-casting,โ is a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.
- My grandmother is as old as the hills.
- Your suitcase weighs a ton!
- She is as heavy as an elephant!
- I am dying of shame.
- I am trying to solve a million issues these days.
I’m not exaggerating how great God is, God is so great that it can’t be described.
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We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
- troubled
- ฮธฮปฮนฮฒฯฮผฮตฮฝฮฟฮน – thlibomenoi
- beingย hardย pressed, to press, afflict
- not distressed
- ฮฟแฝ ฯฯฮตฮฝฮฟฯฯฯฮฟฯฮผฮตฮฝฮฟฮนย ย – ou stenochลroumenoi
- not being crushed, to be made narrow, to compress
- perplexed
- แผฯฮฟฯฮฟฯฮผฮตฮฝฮฟฮนย ย – aporoumenoi
- to be at a loss, be perplexed
- despair
- แผฮพฮฑฯฮฟฯฮฟฯฮผฮตฮฝฮฟฮนย ย – exaporoumenoi
- to be utterly at a loss, be in despair
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Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
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Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
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For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
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So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
Salvation
- Call upon the name of Jesus Christ,
- believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,
- confess your sin.
