2 Corintios 4:8

8 Por todos lados nos presionan las dificultades, pero no nos aplastan. Estamos perplejos pero no caemos en la desesperación.

2 Corintios 4:8 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 4:8

We are troubled on every side
Or afflicted; (en panti) , either "in every place", wherever we are, into whatsoever country, city, or town we enter, we are sure to meet with trouble, of one sort or another; for wherever we be, we are in the world, in which we must expect tribulation: or "always", every day and hour we live, as in ( 2 Corinthians 4:10 2 Corinthians 4:11 ) we are never free from one trial or another: or "by everyone"; by all sorts of persons, good and bad, professors and profane, open persecutors and false brethren; yea, some of the dear children of God, weak believers, give us trouble: or "with every sort" of trouble, inward and outward; trouble from the world, the flesh and the devil:

yet not distressed;
so as to have no hope, or see no way of escape; so as to have no manner of comfort, or manifestations of the love of God; or so as to be straitened in our own souls; for notwithstanding all our troubles, we have freedom at the throne of grace, and in our ministry; we can go with liberty to God, and preach the Gospel boldly to you:

we are perplexed;
and sometimes know not what to do, which way to take, what course to steer, or how we shall be relieved and supplied; we are sometimes at the utmost loss about things temporal, how we shall be provided for with food and raiment; nor are we without our perplexing thoughts, doubts, and fears, about spiritual affairs:

but not in despair;
of the Lord's appearing and working salvation, both in a temporal and spiritual sense.

2 Corintios 4:8 In-Context

6 Pues Dios, quien dijo: «Que haya luz en la oscuridad», hizo que esta luz brille en nuestro corazón para que podamos conocer la gloria de Dios que se ve en el rostro de Jesucristo.

7 Ahora tenemos esta luz que brilla en nuestro corazón, pero nosotros mismos somos como frágiles vasijas de barro que contienen este gran tesoro.
Esto deja bien claro que nuestro gran poder proviene de Dios, no de nosotros mismos.

8 Por todos lados nos presionan las dificultades, pero no nos aplastan. Estamos perplejos pero no caemos en la desesperación.

9 Somos perseguidos pero nunca abandonados por Dios. Somos derribados, pero no destruidos.

10 Mediante el sufrimiento, nuestro cuerpo sigue participando de la muerte de Jesús, para que la vida de Jesús también pueda verse en nuestro cuerpo.