2 Corinthians Chapter 04 Matthew Henry Commentary Concise

The apostles laboured with much diligence, sincerity, and faithfulness. (1-7)
Their sufferings for the gospel were great, yet with rich supports. (8-12)
Prospects of eternal glory keep believers from fainting under troubles. (13-18)

Verses 1-7 The best of men would faint, if they did not receive mercy from God. And that mercy which has helped us out, and helped us on, hitherto, we may rely upon to help us even to the end. The apostles had no base and wicked designs, covered with fair and specious pretences. They did not try to make their ministry serve a turn. Sincerity or uprightness will keep the favourable opinion of wise and good men. Christ by his gospel makes a glorious discovery to the minds of men. But the design of the devil is, to keep men in ignorance; and when he cannot keep the light of the gospel of Christ out of the world, he spares no pains to keep men from the gospel, or to set them against it. The rejection of the gospel is here traced to the wilful blindness and wickedness of the human heart. Self was not the matter or the end of the apostles' preaching; they preached Christ as Jesus, the Saviour and Deliverer, who saves to the uttermost all that come to God through him. Ministers are servants to the souls of men; they must avoid becoming servants to the humours or the lusts of men. It is pleasant to behold the sun in the firmament; but it is more pleasant and profitable for the gospel to shine in the heart. As light was the beginning of the first creation; so, in the new creation, the light of the Spirit is his first work upon the soul. The treasure of gospel light and grace is put into earthen vessels. The ministers of the gospel are subject to the same passions and weaknesses as other men. God could have sent angels to make known the glorious doctrine of the gospel, or could have sent the most admired sons of men to teach the nations, but he chose humbler, weaker vessels, that his power might be more glorified in upholding them, and in the blessed change wrought by their ministry.

○고후4:1 고난과 축복
  고후4:1 질그릇과 보물
고후 4:1 이러하므로 우리가 이 직분을 받아 긍휼하심을 입은 대로 낙심하지 아니하고 
고후 4:2 이에 숨은 부끄러움의 일을 버리고 궤휼 가운데 행하지 아니하며 하나님의 말씀을 혼잡케 아니하고 오직 진리를 나타 냄으로 하나님 앞에서 각 사람의 양심에 대하여 스스로 천거하노라 
고후 4:3 만일 우리 복음이 가리웠으면 망하는 자들에게 가리운 것이라 
고후 4:4 그 중에 이 세상 신이 믿지 아니하는 자들의 마음을 혼미케하여 그리스도의 영광의 복음의 광채가 비취지 못하게 함이 니 그리스도는 하나님의 형상이니라 
고후 4:5 우리가 우리를 전파하는 것이 아니라 오직 그리스도 예수의 주 되신 것과 또 예수를 위하여 우리가 너희의 종 된 것을 전파함이라 
고후 4:6 어두운 데서 빛이 비취리라 하시던 그 하나님께서 예수 그리스도의 얼굴에 있는 하나님의 영광을 아는 빛을 우리 마음 에 비취셨느니라 

  고후4:7 질 그릇에 담은 보배
고후 4:7 우리가 이 보배를 질그릇에 가졌으니 이는 능력의 심히 큰 것이 하나님께 있고 우리에게 있지 아니함을 알게 하려 함 이라 

Verses 8-12 The apostles were great sufferers, yet they met with wonderful support. Believers may be forsaken of their friends, as well as persecuted by enemies; but their God will never leave them nor forsake them. There may be fears within, as well as fightings without; yet we are not destroyed. The apostle speaks of their sufferings as a counterpart of the sufferings of Christ, that people might see the power of Christ's resurrection, and of grace in and from the living Jesus. In comparison with them, other Christians were, even at that time, in prosperous circumstances.

고후 4:8 우리가 사방으로 우겨쌈을 당하여도 싸이지 아니하며 답답한 일을 당하여도 낙심하지 아니하며 
고후 4:9 핍박을 받아도 버린 바 되지 아니하며 거꾸러뜨림을 당하여도 망하지 아니하고 
고후 4:10 우리가 항상 예수 죽인 것을 몸에 짊어짐은 예수의 생명도 우리 몸에 나타나게 하려 함이라 
고후 4:11 우리 산 자가 항상 예수를 위하여 죽음에 넘기움은 예수의 생명이 또한 우리 죽을 육체에 나타나게 하려 함이니라 
고후 4:12 그런즉 사망은 우리 안에서 역사하고 생명은 너희 안에서 하느니라 

Verses 13-18 The grace of faith is an effectual remedy against fainting in times of trouble. They knew that Christ was raised, and that his resurrection was an earnest and assurance of theirs. The hope of this resurrection will encourage in a suffering day, and set us above the fear of death. Also, their sufferings were for the advantage of the church, and to God's glory. The sufferings of Christ's ministers, as well as their preaching and conversation, are for the good of the church and the glory of God. The prospect of eternal life and happiness was their support and comfort. What sense was ready to pronounce heavy and long, grievous and tedious, faith perceived to be light and short, and but for a moment. The weight of all temporal afflictions was lightness itself, while the glory to come was a substance, weighty, and lasting beyond description. If the apostle could call his heavy and long-continued trials light, and but for a moment, what must our trifling difficulties be! Faith enables to make this right judgment of things. There are unseen things, as well as things that are seen. And there is this vast difference between them; unseen things are eternal, seen things but temporal, or temporary only. Let us then look off from the things which are seen; let us cease to seek for worldly advantages, or to fear present distresses. Let us give diligence to make our future happiness sure.

고후 4:13 기록한 바 내가 믿는 고로 말하였다 한 것같이 우리가 같은 믿음의 마음을 가졌으니 우리도 믿는 고로 또한 말하노라 
고후 4:14 주 예수를 다시 살리신 이가 예수와 함께 우리도 다시 살리사 너희와 함께 그 앞에 서게 하실 줄을 아노니 
고후 4:15 모든 것을 너희를 위하여 하는 것은 은혜가 많은 사람의 감사함으로 말미암아 더하여 넘쳐서 하나님께 영광을 돌리게 하려 함이라 

  고후4:16 겉 사람과 속 사람
고후 4:16 그러므로 우리가 낙심하지 아니하노니 겉 사람은 후패하나 우리의 속은 날로 새롭도다 
고후 4:17 우리의 잠시 받는 환난의 경한 것이 지극히 크고 영원한 영광의 중한 것을 우리에게 이루게 함이니 
고후 4:18 우리의 돌아보는 것은 보이는 것이 아니요 보이지 않는 것이니 보이는 것은 잠간이요 보이지 않는 것은 영원함이니라 
  

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