2 โครินธ์ 4:17
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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Study Note
Paul's extraordinary revaluation of suffering — 'our light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison' — employs an economic metaphor: the Greek kath' hyperbolēn means 'beyond all measure' or 'surpassingly immeasurable.' The Hebrew conception of 'glory' (kabod) as weight or heaviness makes Paul's contrast acute: temporal troubles, however severe, are 'light' against the eschatological 'weight' of divine glory. This verse follows Paul's catalogue of apostolic hardships (4:8–12) and precedes the contrast between what is seen and unseen (4:18), embedding it in a sustained argument for eschatological orientation in suffering. The verse has profoundly shaped Christian theologies of suffering, martyrdom, and the meaning of temporal affliction.
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For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
for the momentary light matter of our tribulation, more and more exceedingly an age-during weight of glory doth work out for us--
For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;
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