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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO 2 CORINTHIANS 4 In this chapter, the apostle declares the constancy, sincerity, and integrity of him, and his fellow ministers, in preaching the Gospel; asserts the clearness and perspicuity of it; removes the charge of pride and arrogance from them; takes notice of the afflictions he and others endured, for the sake of the Gospel;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Therefore seeing we have this ministry,.... The apostle having largely insisted on the difference between the law and the Gospel, the ministration of the one and of the other, proceeds to give an account of his own conduct, and that of his fellow apostles and ministers: "we", says he, "faint not"; under all the reproaches cast upon us,...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
In this chapter we have an account, I. Of the constancy of the apostle and his fellow-labourers in their work. Their constancy in declared (ver. 1), their sincerity is vouched (ver. 2), an objection is obviated (ver. 3, 4), and their integrity proved, ver. 5-7. II. Of their courage and patience under their sufferings. Where see what their...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; It is a very high privilege to be called to the work of the Christian ministry, and when the minister remembers what great mercy he has himself received, what sins have been forgiven, what favors have been bestowed, he has the very best incentives in all the world to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;-- We are sometimes ready to faint, but we cast our fainting spirits into the arms of God, and our strength is again reserved at times, the very importance of an errand first weighs down the spirit of the messenger, yet afterwards it seems to impel him to more than...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; but have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. Paul’s description of his own ministry and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; Stern was the labour of the apostles, but they felt that their work was so all-important, so divine, that they must not grow weary of it, though they were, doubtless, often weary in it.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty,.... Or "shame"; this is a further account of the conduct of the first ministers of the Gospel, and very worthy of our imitation, and in which the apostle strikes at the different manner of behaviour in the false apostles: this may respect both doctrine and practice; they abhorred and rejected...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. There have, alas! been many preachers who have handled the Word of God in the manner described by the apostle. They have out...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. Far be it from the teacher of truth ever to use words in a non-natural sense, or to dissemble or equivocate, saying to the ear...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. It is no part of the business of Christ’s ministers to modify the truth which he has entrusted to them, or to put new meanings...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But if our Gospel be hid,.... When the Gospel is called ours, the meaning is, not that ministers are the authors or subject of it; but it is so styled, because they are intrusted with it; it is preached by them; and is in opposition to another Gospel, the Gospel of the false apostles. Here an objection is obviated, which the apostle saw would be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. Without light from above, no man can perceive the beauties either of the gospel or of Christ himself. Until God...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: It is not hidden under the flowers of our oratory, not hidden under the darkness of our speech, not hidden through the fog of our philosophies; if it be hidden at all, it is hidden “to them that are lost.” If they had any spiritual perception or apprehension at all, if they were not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. The light of the gospel is so glorious and bright that it is only hidden from those who have been blinded by...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost; It was not hidden under fine language and oratorical flourishes on the part of the apostles; there was a far more terrible barrier in the way of its entrance into the hearts of some who heard it.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
In whom the god of this world hath blinded,.... The description of the persons to whom the Gospel is hid, is here further carried on; in which the character of Satan is given, who is here styled "the god of this world"; just as he is by Christ, "the prince of this world", John 12:31 not because he had any hand in the making of it, or has any...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves,-- What a miserable topic we should have if we did preach ourselves! But we do not set up ourselves as “priests” having authority to administer...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In whom the god of the world hath blinded the mind of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who in the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For we preach not ourselves,.... These words contain a reason why the apostles behaved themselves in the manner described, 2 Corinthians 4:2 and serve to explain in what sense this inspired writer is to be understood, when he calls the Gospel our Gospel, 2 Corinthians 4:3 and most clearly proves the Gospel to be a glorious one, which he had...