Bearing about (περιφεροντες). Ignatius was called Θεοφορος, God-bearer. See 1 Corinthians 15:31 where Paul says "I die…

Always bearing about in the body. The expre ion used here is designed to show the great perils to which Paul was exposed. The idea is that…

Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus.—The word for “dying” (again, probably, a distinctly medical…

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 perplex…

Verse 10 summarizes the four preceding contrasts in the paradox. In the phrase “the death [or dying; GK 3740] of Jesus,” Paul sums up his experienc…

The mortification of Jesus. He says more than he had done previously, for he shows that the very thing that the false apostles used as a p…

Always bearing about in the body
The Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, read, "in our body"; and the Syri…

The apostles were great sufferers, yet they met with wonderful support. Believers may be forsaken by their friends, as well as persecuted by enemie…

Previously, the Apostle discu ed the purpose of the New Testament ministry in relation to doing good; here, he discu es its purpose in relation to …