American Standard Version
"we are pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair; "
— 2 Corinthians 4:8, American Standard Version
“We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;”
“We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;”
“We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair;”
“In all things we suffer tribulation: but are not distressed. We are straitened: but are not destitute.”
“Troubles are round us on every side, but we are not shut in; things are hard for us, but we see a way out of them;”
“We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;”
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;
we are pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair;
pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed;
always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.
For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.