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2 Corinthians 4:17 — For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a…
“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;”
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The verses around 2 Corinthians 4:17.
15For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
18While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Verse explanation
Paul calls his suffering “light affliction, which is but for a moment,” which sounds strange since he describes harsh persecutions in other letters. The comparison only makes sense because he's weighing it against eternity — on that scale, even the worst human suffering looks small.
From the 2 Corinthians 4 study in Bible in Stories.
2 Corinthians 4:17 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Porque a nossa leve e momentanea tribulação produz-nos um peso eterno de gloria mui excellente;
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Porque nossa leve e momentânea aflição nos produz um peso eterno de excelentíssima glória.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Estas tribulaciones triviales que tenemos, apenas duran un poco de tiempo, pero producen para nosotros gloria eterna.
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