Danby House
2 Corinthians 4:6-12
There is a way out, but we don’t have to worry about it.
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For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
- treasure
- θησαυρὸν – thēsauron
- a store-house for precious things; hence: a treasure, a store.
- excellency, surpassingness
- ὑπερβολὴ – hyperbolē
- a throwing beyond, excess, superiority
Hyperbole, derived from a Greek word meaning “over-casting,” is a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.
- My grandmother is as old as the hills.
- Your suitcase weighs a ton!
- She is as heavy as an elephant!
- I am dying of shame.
- I am trying to solve a million issues these days.
I’m not exaggerating how great God is, God is so great that it can’t be described.
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We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
- troubled
- θλιβόμενοι – thlibomenoi
- being hard pressed, to press, afflict
- not distressed
- οὐ στενοχωρούμενοι – ou stenochōroumenoi
- not being crushed, to be made narrow, to compress
- perplexed
- ἀπορούμενοι – aporoumenoi
- to be at a loss, be perplexed
- despair
- ἐξαπορούμενοι – exaporoumenoi
- to be utterly at a loss, be in despair
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Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
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Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
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For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
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So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
Matty (Headwind) 