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Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily, anxiety for all the assemblies.
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A Daily, Crushing Weight
Scholars emphasize that Paul's anxiety was not a vague worry but a relentless, daily pressure. The original Greek word suggests a 'mob-like rush' of concerns pressing in on him. After listing his many physical sufferings, Paul points to this constant mental and emotional burden as a supreme trial that was separate from and in addition to his external hardships.
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2 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Beside those things that are without. In addition to these external trials, these trials pertaining to the body, I have mental trials and …
Besides those things that are without (χωρις των παρεκτος). Probably, "apart from those things beside these just mentioned." Surel…
19th Century
Anglican
That which cometh upon me daily . . .—The word so translated primarily signifies a “rush” or “tumult,” and is so used in Acts 24:12. Here …
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None of the afflictions mentioned in vv.23–27 was a continuous experience. Paul’s crowning trial and privilege was, however, incessant—the daily pr…
16th Century
Protestant
Besides those things that are without — “Besides those things,” he says, “which come upon me from all sides, and are, as it were,…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Besides those things that are without Or are omitted, which he had passed by, and had not mentioned in the account and enumera…
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The apostle gives an account of his labors and sufferings; not out of pride or vainglory, but to the honor of God, who enabled him to do and suffer…
13th Century
Catholic
Here the Apostle lists the evils he voluntarily undertook, namely, those endured in domestic life. He lists three evils that are opposed to the thr…
