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2Co 4:1-18.
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2Co 4:1-18.
HIS PREACHING IS OPEN AND SINCERE, THOUGH TO MANY THE GOSPEL IS HIDDEN.
For he preaches Christ, not himself: the human vessel is frail that God may have the glory; yet, though frail, faith and the hope of future glory sustain him amidst the decay of the outward man.
1. Therefore--Greek, "For this cause": Because we have the liberty-giving Spirit of the Lord, and with unveiled face behold His glory
(2Co 3:17, 18).
seeing we have this ministry--"The ministration of the Spirit"
(2Co 3:8, 9):
the ministry of such a spiritual, liberty-giving Gospel: resuming
2Co 3:6, 8.
received mercy--from God, in having had this ministry conferred on us
(2Co 3:5).
The sense of "mercy" received from God, makes men active for God
(1Ti 1:11-13).
we faint not--in boldness of speech and action, and patience in suffering
(2Co 4:2, 8-16,
&c.).
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2. 乃是——字面意为「辞别」。
暗昧可耻的事——更好的译法是「可耻的事」。「我不以福音为耻」
（罗 1:16）。
羞耻会导致隐藏
（林后 4:3）；
而我们「乃用极大的坦率」
（林后 3:12）；
「借着表明真理」。比较
林后 3:3，
「明明彰显」。他所指的是哥林多许多教师的不诚实诡计
（林后 2:17；3:1；11:13-15）。
诡诈——即「谬讲」或掺杂「神的道」
（林后 2:17；
比较
帖前 2:3, 4）。
举荐——举荐我们自己：回到
林后 3:1。
在——交由……的判断。
众人良心——
（林后 5:11）。
不是交给人肉体的判断，如那些人所行的
（林后 3:1）。
在神面前——
（林后 2:17； 加 1:10）。
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2. renounced--literally, "bid farewell to."
of dishonesty--rather, "of shame." "I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ"
(Ro 1:16).
Shame would lead to hiding
(2Co 4:3);
whereas "we use great plainness of speech"
(2Co 3:12);
"by manifestation of the truth." Compare
2Co 3:3,
"manifestly declared." He refers to the disingenuous artifices of "many" teachers at Corinth
(2Co 2:17; 3:1; 11:13-15).
handling . . . deceitfully--so "corrupt" or adulterate "the word of God"
(2Co 2:17;
compare
1Th 2:3, 4).
commending--recommending ourselves: recurring to
2Co 3:1.
to--to the verdict of.
every man's conscience--
(2Co 5:11).
Not to men's carnal judgment, as those alluded to
(2Co 3:1).
in the sight of God--
(2Co 2:17; Ga 1:10).
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3. 如果——甚至即使（如我所承认的那样）。
蒙蔽——更好的译法（参照
林后 3:13-18）
是「帕子蒙着」。「隐藏」（希腊文，
西 3:3）
指完全 withdraw 退隐于视野之外的事。「蒙着帕子」则指那物在眼目可及之处，却被遮盖以致看不见。摩西脸上的情形正是如此。
对——仅在他们的情形中：因为福音本身是十分清楚的。
灭亡的人——更好的译法是「正在灭亡的人」
（林前 1:18）。
因此同一朵云，向神的百姓是「光」，向神的仇敌埃及人则是「黑暗」
（出 14:20）。
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3. But if--Yea, even if (as I grant is the case).
hid--rather (in reference to
2Co 3:13-18),
"veiled." "Hid" (Greek,
Col 3:3)
is said of that withdrawn from view altogether. "Veiled," of a thing within reach of the eye, but covered over so as not to be seen. So it was in the case of Moses' face.
to them--in the case only of them: for in itself the Gospel is quite plain.
that are lost--rather, "that are perishing"
(1Co 1:18).
So the same cloud that was "light" to the people of God, was "darkness" to the Egyptian foes of God
(Ex 14:20).
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4. 此等——译作「在他们的事上」。
世界的神——属世的人以他为神
（腓 3:19）。
他事实上是「空中掌权者的首领，就是现今在悖逆之子心中运行的灵」
（弗 2:2）。
心眼——「悟性」：「心智的知觉」，如
林后 3:14。
不信的人——与「灭亡的人」（或「正在灭亡的人」）相同。比较
帖后 2:10-12。
索斯巧妙地说：「当死囚的眼睛被蒙住时，他离受刑就不远了」
（斯 7:8）。
那些灭亡的不信者，不只是蒙着帕子，更是被弄瞎了
（林后 3:14, 15）：
*希腊文，*不是「瞎了」，而是「刚硬了」。
基督荣耀福音的光——译作「基督荣耀之福音的光照（启蒙：从已蒙光照者传播光给他人）」。「基督的荣耀」不是福音的一个属性*（如「荣耀的」所表达的那样）；它正是福音的本质与主题。
神的像——暗示本性与本质的同一
（约 1:18； 西 1:15； 来 1:3）。
那渴望看见「神的荣耀」的，可以「在耶稣基督的面上」看见
（林后 4:6； 提前 6:14-16）。
保罗在此回到
林后 3:18。
基督是「神的像」，我们借着福音这镜子仰望这「同样的像」，便被圣灵改变；但这像对那些被撒但弄瞎的人是不可见的[阿尔福德]。
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4. In whom--Translate, "In whose case."
god of this world--The worldly make him their God
(Php 3:19).
He is, in fact, "the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that ruleth in the children of disobedience"
(Eph 2:2).
minds--"understandings": "mental perceptions," as in
2Co 3:14.
them which believe not--the same as "them that are lost" (or "are perishing"). Compare
2Th 2:10-12.
SOUTH quaintly says, "when the malefactor's eyes are covered, he is not far from his execution"
(Es 7:8).
Those perishing unbelievers are not merely veiled, but blinded
(2Co 3:14, 15):
Greek, not "blinded," but "hardened."
light of the glorious gospel of Christ--Translate, "The illumination (enlightening: the propagation from those already enlightened, to others of the light) of the Gospel of the glory of Christ." "The glory of Christ" is not a mere quality (as "glorious" would express) of the Gospel; it is its very essence and subject matter.
image of God--implying identity of nature and essence
(Joh 1:18; Col 1:15; Heb 1:3).
He who desires to see "the glory of God," may see it "in the face of Jesus Christ"
(2Co 4:6; 1Ti 6:14-16).
Paul here recurs to
2Co 3:18.
Christ is "the image of God," into which "same image" we, looking on it in the mirror of the Gospel, are changed by the Spirit; but this image is not visible to those blinded by Satan [ALFORD].
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5. 因为——他们的瞎眼并非我们的过错，仿佛我们在传道中怀有私心。
传……基督耶稣为主——更好的译法是「传基督为主」，并把自己当作你们的仆人等。「主」或「主人」是与「仆人」相对的词。
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5. For--Their blindness is not our fault, as if we had self-seeking aims in our preaching.
preach . . . Christ . . . the Lord--rather, "Christ as Lord," and ourselves as your servants, &c. "Lord," or "Master," is the correlative term to "servants."
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6. 因为——证明我们向你们是耶稣的真仆人。
吩咐光——希腊文，「藉着发话，吩咐光」
（创 1:3）。
照——按希腊文译作「正是他照」。
（正是神）吩咐光等，的那一位，照等，
（伯 37:15）：
他自己就是我们的光与日头，也是光的创造者
（玛 4:2； 约 8:12）。
物质世界与属灵世界相对应。
在我们心里——心本身是黑暗的。
照——即向别人传播在我们里面的光等（比较注解，参见
林后 4:4）。
神的荣耀——与「基督的荣耀」相应（参见
林后 4:4）。
在耶稣基督的面上——某些最古的抄本保留「耶稣」，另一些则省略。基督是神荣耀的彰显，作为他的像
（约 14:9）。
此处仍暗指摩西「面上的」光辉。神光辉与荣耀惟一真实而完全的彰显，是「在耶稣的面上」
（来 1:3）。
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6. For--proof that we are true servants of Jesus unto you.
commanded the light--Greek, "By speaking the word, commanded light"
(Ge 1:3).
hath shined--rather, as Greek, "is He who shined." (It is God) who commanded light, &c., that shined, &c.,
(Job 37:15):
Himself our Light and Sun, as well as the Creator of light
(Mal 4:2; Joh 8:12).
The physical world answers to the spiritual.
in our hearts--in themselves dark.
to give the light--that is, to propagate to others the light, &c., which is in us (compare Note, see on
2Co 4:4).
the glory of God--answering to "the glory of Christ" (see on
2Co 4:4).
in the face of Jesus Christ--Some of the oldest manuscripts retain "Jesus." Others omit it. Christ is the manifestation of the glory of God, as His image
(Joh 14:9).
The allusion is still to the brightness on Moses' "face." The only true and full manifestation of God's brightness and glory is "in the face of Jesus"
(Heb 1:3).
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7. 「免得有人说：那么我们怎能在必死的身体中继续享受如此不可思议的荣耀？保罗回答：这一事实本身就是神大能的最奇妙凭据之一——瓦器竟能盛装如此光辉，并保存如此贵重的宝贝」[屈梭多模，《讲道集》，8.496, A]。这宝贝即「神荣耀之知识的光」。易碎的「瓦器」是身体，即「外体」
（林后 4:16；
比较
林后 4:10），
易受患难与死亡。照样，基甸的火把藏在瓶里，正是预表
（士 7:16-20, 22）。
古人常将珍宝存放在瓦器中。「有些瓦器可以是洁净的；而金器却可能是污秽的」[本格尔]。
要显明等——为使职事的能力（圣灵）——就其赢取灵魂
（林前 2:4）
与支持我们这些执事上所显出的超凡「卓越」而言——可以完全归与神，因为我们如瓦器般软弱。神常常允许器皿被磕碰破碎，使其中所盛之宝贝的卓越，以及那宝贝所具有的能力，全归于他
（林后 4:10, 11； 约 3:30）。
是出于神……不是出于我们——按希腊文译作：「可以是神的（即被看见并感恩地
[林后 4:15]
承认为属神），而非（来自）我们」。这能力不仅来自神，更属于他、永远归给他。
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7. "Lest any should say, How then is it that we continue to enjoy such unspeakable glory in a mortal body? Paul replies, this very fact is one of the most marvellous proofs of God's power, that an earthen vessel could bear such splendor and keep such a treasure" [CHRYSOSTOM, Homilies, 8.496, A]. The treasure or "the light of the knowledge of the glory of God." The fragile "earthen vessel" is the body, the "outward man"
(2Co 4:16;
compare
2Co 4:10),
liable to afflictions and death. So the light in Gideon's pitchers, the type
(Jud 7:16-20, 22).
The ancients often kept their treasures in jars or vessels of earthenware. "There are earthen vessels which yet may be clean; whereas a golden vessel may be filthy" [BENGEL].
that the excellency of the power, &c.--that the power of the ministry (the Holy Spirit), in respect to its surpassing "excellency," exhibited in winning souls
(1Co 2:4)
and in sustaining us ministers, might be ascribed solely to God, we being weak as earthen vessels. God often allows the vessel to be chipped and broken, that the excellency of the treasure contained, and of the power which that treasure has, may be all His
(2Co 4:10, 11; Joh 3:30).
may be of God . . . not of us--rather, as Greek, "may be God's (may be seen and be thankfully
[2Co 4:15]
acknowledged to belong to God), and not (to come) from us." The power not merely comes from God, but belongs to Him continually, and is to be ascribed to him.
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8. 希腊文，「被四面压迫，却不至无法摆脱；陷入无可脱逃的困境」（与
林后 4:7
「我们有」同为主语）。
四面——希腊文，「在各方面」（比较
林后 4:10
「常时」；
林后 7:5）。
本节表达内心的困苦；
林后 4:9
则表达外面的困苦
（林后 7:5）。
「外面有争战；里面有惧怕」。这一系列对比分词的每一成员中，第一子句暗示器皿的属地性；第二子句暗示能力的卓越。
心里作难，却不至失望——希腊文，「不至完全作难」。因「作难」涉及将来，而「困苦」或「四面受压」涉及现在。
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8. Greek, "BEING hard pressed, yet not inextricably straitened; reduced to inextricable straits" (nominative to "we have,"
2Co 4:7).
on every side--Greek, "in every respect" (compare
2Co 4:10, "always";
2Co 7:5).
This verse expresses inward distresses;
2Co 4:9,
outward distresses
(2Co 7:5).
"Without were fightings; within were fears." The first clause in each member of the series of contrasted participles, implies the earthiness of the vessels; the second clause, the excellency of the power.
perplexed, but not in despair--Greek, "not utterly perplexed." As perplexity refers to the future, so "troubled" or "hard pressed" refers to the present.
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9. 不被丢弃——不被神与人丢弃。耶稣却被二者都丢弃；他的苦难如此超越他百姓的苦难
（太 27:46）。
打倒了——或作「击倒」；不仅是「逼迫」，即如鹿或鸟被追赶
（撒上 26:20），
而是实际在追赶中如被箭射倒
（来 11:35-38）。
本节希腊文「常时」意为「贯穿整段时间」；
林后 4:11
的希腊文不同，意为「在每一时刻」、「每逢时机」。
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9. not forsaken--by God and man. Jesus was forsaken by both; so much do His sufferings exceed those of His people
(Mt 27:46).
cast down--or "struck down"; not only "persecuted," that is, chased as a deer or bird
(1Sa 26:20),
but actually struck down as with a dart in the chase
(Heb 11:35-38).
The Greek "always" in this verse means, "throughout the whole time"; in
2Co 4:11
the Greek is different, and means, "at every time," "in every case when the occasion occurs."
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10. 身上常带着耶稣的死——即我的身体因耶稣的缘故暴露于被治死之中（最古的抄本省略「主」），且其上带有这等苦难的印记，于是我所到之处都带着受苦救主的形象在我身上
（林后 4:11； 林后 1:5；
比较
林前 15:31）。
无疑，保罗所面对的危险比使徒行传所记更多（比较
林后 7:5；11:26）。
「死」的希腊文字面意为「成为尸体」——保罗如此看待自己的身体，然而这尸体却分享基督复活之生命的大能，正如它已分享了他的受死与死亡。
使耶稣的生也显明在我们身上——更好的译法，「也可能显明」。此处单独重复使用「耶稣」之名，因保罗在苦难中似乎特别感受其甘甜。
林后 4:11
出现同样的话，只是变化为「在我们这必死的肉身上」。一具垂死、如尸的身体在如此试炼中得蒙维持，这事实彰显「耶稣」的「生」（即复活的生命）与他的死一样，也在我们身上运行。因此我在自己身上带着复活、活着的救主形象，正如也带着受苦救主的形象。此处「身体」加上了「我们」，虽然在本节开头没有。「因为身体在死时不如在生时那样是我们的」[本格尔]。
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10. bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus--that is, having my body exposed to being put to death in the cause of Jesus (the oldest manuscripts omit "the Lord"), and having in it the marks of such sufferings, I thus bear about wheresoever I go, an image of the suffering Saviour in my own person
(2Co 4:11; 2Co 1:5;
compare
1Co 15:31).
Doubtless, Paul was exposed to more dangers than are recorded in Acts (compare
2Co 7:5; 11:26).
The Greek for "the dying" is literally, "the being made a corpse," such Paul regarded his body, yet a corpse which shares in the life-giving power of Christ's resurrection, as it has shared in His dying and death.
that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body--rather, "may be." The name "Jesus," by itself is often repeated here as Paul seems, amidst sufferings, peculiarly to have felt its sweetness. In
2Co 4:11
the same words occur with the variation, "in our mortal flesh. The fact of a dying, corpse-like body being sustained amidst such trials, manifests that "the (resurrection) life also," as well as the dying, "of Jesus," exerts its power in us. I thus bear about in my own person an image of the risen and living, as well as of the suffering, Saviour. The "our" is added here to "body," though not in the beginning of the verse. "For the body is ours not so much in death, as in life" [BENGEL].
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11. 我们这活着的人——活在基督之「生」的大能中，这生彰显在我们全人——身体与灵——之中
（罗 8:10, 11；
参见
林后 4:10；
比较
林后 5:15）。
保罗视自己在如此多次面临「死」的境地中得蒙保全——司提反与雅各便因此被剪除——为一个持续的神迹
（林后 11:23）。
交——并非偶然；乃是出于神的护理，他在向死交付他活着的圣徒上，彰显「他能力的卓越」
（林后 4:7），
好叫他也叫生命在他们垂死的肉身上显明。「肉体」——正是衰败的要素（不仅是他们的「身体」）——被他用来彰显生命。
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11. we which live--in the power of Christ's "life" manifested in us, in our whole man body as well as spirit
(Ro 8:10, 11;
see on
2Co 4:10;
compare
2Co 5:15).
Paul regards his preservation amidst so many exposures to "death," by which Stephen and James were cut off, as a standing miracle
(2Co 11:23).
delivered unto--not by chance; by the ordering of Providence, who shows "the excellency of His power"
(2Co 4:7),
in delivering unto DEATH His living saints, that He may manifest LIFE also in their dying flesh. "Flesh," the very element of decay (not merely their "body"), is by Him made to manifest life.
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12. 显在「我们外体不断毁坏」中的基督之「死」
（林后 4:16），
特别在我们身上运行，也是在你们身上运行属灵「生命」的途径。我们在身体垂死中所见证的生命，超越了我们自己，并借我们的垂死而临到你们。
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12. The "death" of Christ manifested in the continual "perishing of our outward man"
(2Co 4:16),
works peculiarly in us, and is the means of working spiritual "life" in you. The life whereof we witness in our bodily dying, extends beyond ourselves, and is brought by our very dying to you.
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13. 按希腊文译作：「但既有」等，即尽管刚才所提的试炼，我们既有等。
信心的灵，正如经上等——比较
罗 8:15
关于「信心的灵」的用法。圣灵运行在我们的灵上。虽然「死在我们身上发动，生在你们身上发动」
（林后 4:12），
但我们既然有与你们相同的信心之灵，因此我们（凭信）盼望与你们相同的不朽生命[埃斯提乌]，并照我们所信的说话。阿尔福德译得不够好：「与圣经所记相同的信心」
（诗 116:10）。
句子的平衡要求这样的平行：「照着所记的，我因信所以如此说；我们也信，所以也如此说」，即无所畏惧地在「患难」与「死」中
（林后 4:17）
说话。
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13. Translate as Greek, "BUT having," &c., that is, not withstanding the trials just mentioned, we having, &c.
the same spirit of faith, according as it, &c.--Compare
Ro 8:15,
on the usage of "spirit of faith." The Holy Spirit acting on our spirit. Though "death worketh in us, and life in you"
(2Co 4:12),
yet as we have the same spirit of faith as you, we therefore [believingly] look for the same immortal life as you [ESTIUS], and speak as we believe. ALFORD not so well translates, "The same . . . faith with that described in the Scriptures"
(Ps 116:10).
The balance of the sentence requires the parallelism to be this, "According to that which is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak," namely, without fear, amidst "afflictions" and "deaths"
(2Co 4:17).
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14. 知道——凭信心
（林后 5:1）。
也要与我们一同复活*——在复活时
（林前 6:13, 14）。
与耶稣——最古的抄本作「与耶稣」。
呈献——生动地在眼前描绘那景象
（犹 24）。
与你们同在——
（林后 1:14； 帖前 2:19, 20；3:13）。
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14. Knowing--by faith
(2Co 5:1).
shall raise up us also--at the resurrection
(1Co 6:13, 14).
by Jesus--The oldest manuscripts have "with Jesus."
present us--vividly picturing the scene before the eyes
(Jude 24).
with you--
(2Co 1:14; 1Th 2:19, 20; 3:13).
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15. 因为——印证他「与你们」
（林后 4:14）
以及「生……在你们身上发动」
（林后 4:12）
的断言。
凡事——无论是我们执事的患难与劳苦
（林后 4:8-11），
还是你们的兴旺
（林后 4:12； 林前 3:21, 22；4:8-13）。
为你们——
（提后 2:10）。
格外等——更好的译法：「叫那恩典（在试炼中保守我们、并在你们身上发动生命的那恩典），借着更多的人（领受者）而增多，可使感谢格外丰盛，归与神的荣耀。」[屈梭多模]
（林后 1:11；9:11, 12）。
希腊文也可如此译：「叫那恩典，因更多的人为已领受的恩典而感谢，便增多，可以格外（丰盛地归回）」等。这样，希腊文的「格外」不必取主动之意，而取其寻常的中性之意，其他希腊文字也如此。感谢邀请更丰盛的恩典
（代下 20:19-22； 诗 18:3；50:23）。
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15. For--Confirming his assertion "with you"
(2Co 4:14),
and "life . . . worketh in you"
(2Co 4:12).
all things--whether the afflictions and labors of us ministers
(2Co 4:8-11),
or your prosperity
(2Co 4:12; 1Co 3:21, 22; 4:8-13).
for your sakes--
(2Ti 2:10).
abundant grace, &c.--rather, "That grace (the grace which preserves us in trials and works life in you), being made the greater (multiplied), by means of the greater number (of its recipients), may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God." [CHRYSOSTOM]
(2Co 1:11; 9:11, 12).
The Greek is susceptible also of this translation, "That grace, being made the greater (multiplied) on account of the thanksgiving of the greater number (for grace already received), may abound (abundantly redound) to," &c. Thus the Greek for "abound" has not to be taken in an active sense, but in its ordinary neuter sense, and so the other Greek words. Thanksgiving invites more abundant grace
(2Ch 20:19-22; Ps 18:3; 50:23).
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16. 我们不丧胆——尽管我们有苦难。承接
林后 4:1。
外体——身体、肉体。
毁坏——「正在毁坏中」；「被苦难消磨」。
内心——我们属灵而真实的所是，即那「生命」——甚至在我们必死的身体中
（林后 4:11）
也「彰显耶稣之生」的生命。
更新——「正在更新」，即以新鲜的「恩典」
（林后 4:15）、
「信心」
（林后 4:13）
与盼望
（林后 4:17, 18）
更新。
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16. we faint not--notwithstanding our sufferings. Resuming
2Co 4:1.
outward man--the body, the flesh.
perish--"is wearing away"; "is wasted away" by afflictions.
inward man--our spiritual and true being, the "life" which even in our mortal bodies
(2Co 4:11)
"manifests the life of Jesus."
is renewed--"is being renewed," namely, with fresh "grace"
(2Co 4:15),
and "faith"
(2Co 4:13),
and hope
(2Co 4:17, 18).
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17. 至暂至轻——「我们如今轻微（之负担的）苦楚」（希腊文如此；比较
太 11:30）
[阿尔福德]。比较「如今暂时……忧愁」
（彼前 1:6）。
然而，这与「永远的荣耀」之间的对照，使我认为应译作：「就是如今这转瞬即逝的时刻。」瓦尔也如此。「苦楚的轻微」（他未在「轻」之后明说「负担」；希腊文作「苦楚之轻」）与荣耀的「重」形成优美的对比。
成就——更好的译法，「成就出来」。
极重无比——更好的译法，「以超越而又更超越的方式」[阿尔福德]；「越发极其格外」[埃利科特、特伦奇等人]。希腊文，「过量又过量」。荣耀超越苦楚，远超一切度量。
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17. which is but for a moment--"Our PRESENT light (burden of) affliction" (so the Greek; compare
Mt 11:30),
[ALFORD]. Compare "now for a season . . . in heaviness"
(1Pe 1:6).
The contrast, however, between this and the "ETERNAL weight of glory" requires, I think, the translation, "Which is but for the present passing moment." So WAHL. "The lightness of affliction" (he does not express "burden" after "light"; the Greek is "the light of affliction") contrasts beautifully with the "weight of the glory."
worketh--rather, "worketh out."
a far more exceeding and--rather, "in a surpassing and still more surpassing manner" [ALFORD]; "more and more exceedingly" [ELLICOTT, TRENCH, and others]. Greek, "in excess and to excess." The glory exceeds beyond all measure the affliction.
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18. 顾——作为我们的目标。
所见的事——「地上的事」
（腓 3:19）。
我们不顾念所见之事——无论患难或舒畅临到，以致不被后者引诱，也不被前者阻吓[屈梭多模]。
不见的事——不是
罗 1:20
的「无形之事」，而是那些如今虽未看见、将来却要看的事。
暂时的——更好的译法，「为时的」；与永恒相对。英文译本以 temporal 译temporary。希腊文在类似的经文中正确译为「罪中之乐，一时的」。
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18. look not at--as our aim.
things . . . seen--"earthly things"
(Php 3:19).
We mind not the things seen, whether affliction or refreshment come, so as to be seduced by the latter, or deterred by the former [CHRYSOSTOM].
things . . . not seen--not "the invisible things" of
Ro 1:20,
but the things which, though not seen now, shall be so hereafter.
temporal--rather, "for a time"; in contrast to eternal. English Version uses "temporal" for temporary. The Greek is rightly translated in the similar passage, "the pleasures of sin for a season."
林后 4:1-18。
他的传道是公开真诚的，尽管对许多人而言福音是隐藏的。
因为他所传的是基督，不是他自己；瓦器是软弱的，好叫荣耀归与神；然而虽是软弱，信心与将来荣耀的盼望仍在外体衰残中支撑着他。
1. 所以——希腊文，「因这缘故」：因为我们有赐自由的主的灵，得以敞着脸看见他的荣耀
（林后 3:17, 18）。
我们既然蒙怜悯，受了这职事——「属灵的职事」
（林后 3:8, 9）：
这样属灵、赐自由之福音的职事：承接
林后 3:6, 8。
蒙了怜悯——从神而来，即这职事被赐予我们
（林后 3:5）。
从神蒙了「怜悯」之感，使人积极为神作工
（提前 1:11-13）。
我们就不丧胆——在言语行为上的胆量，以及在受苦中的忍耐
（林后 4:2, 8-16
等）。