Pressed (θλιβομενο). From θλιβω, to press as grapes, to contract, to squeeze. Series of present passive participles here through v…

We are troubled. We, the apostles. Paul here refers to some of the trials to which he and his co-laborers were subjected in makin…

We are troubled on every side.—The Greek presents all the clauses in a participial form, in apposition with the “we” with…

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…

Then follows a series of four vivid antitheses that illustrate both the weakness of Paul in discharging his commission and the power of God in pres…

While we are pressed on every side. This is added as an explanation, for he shows that his abject condition is far from diminishing the gl…

We are troubled on every side
Or afflicted; (en panti), either "in every place", wherever we a…

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 …