2Cor 4:8 | RWP | e4.org | Pressed ( θλιβομενο ). From θλιβω , to press as grapes, to contract, to squeeze. Series of present passive participles here through verse that vividly picture Paul's ministerial career. Yet not straitened ( αλλ' ου στενοχωρουμενο ). Each time the exception is stated by αλλ' ου . From στενοχωρεω ( στενοχωρος , from στενος , narrow, χωρος , space), to be in a narrow place, to keep in a tight place. Late verb, in LXX and papyri. In N.T. only here and . Yet not unto despair ( αλλ' ουκ εξαπορουμενο ). Late perfective compound with εξ- of εξαπορεω . A very effective play on words here, lost, but not lost out.

‏ 2 Corinthians 4:8

Pressed ( θλιβομενο ). From θλιβω, to press as grapes, to contract, to squeeze. Series of present passive participles here through verse 9 that vividly picture Paul's ministerial career.

Yet not straitened ( αλλ' ου στενοχωρουμενο ). Each time the exception is stated by αλλ' ου. From στενοχωρεω ( στενοχωρος, from στενος, narrow, χωρος, space), to be in a narrow place, to keep in a tight place. Late verb, in LXX and papyri. In N.T. only here and 2Co 6:12.

Yet not unto despair ( αλλ' ουκ εξαπορουμενο ). Late perfective compound with εξ- of εξαπορεω. A very effective play on words here, lost, but not lost out.