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We faced conflict from every direction, with battles on the outside and fear on the inside. <a href="/esv/2_corinthians/7.htm">English Standard Version</a> For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn—fighting without and fear within. <a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within. <a href="/blb/2_corinthians/7.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And indeed, of us having come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest; but we are being pressed in every way: conflicts on the outside, fears within. <a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/7.htm">King James Bible</a> For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. <a href="/nkjv/2_corinthians/7.htm">New King James Version</a> For indeed, when we came to Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were troubled on every side. Outside were conflicts, inside were fears. <a href="/nasb_/2_corinthians/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side: conflicts on the outside, fears inside. <a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/7.htm">NASB 1995</a> For even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side: conflicts without, fears within. <a href="/nasb77/2_corinthians/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side: conflicts without, fears within. <a href="/lsb/2_corinthians/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side—conflicts without, fears within. <a href="/amp/2_corinthians/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For even when we arrived in Macedonia our bodies had no rest, but we were oppressed at every turn—conflicts and disputes without, fears and dread within. <a href="/csb/2_corinthians/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> In fact, when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest. Instead, we were troubled in every way: conflicts on the outside, fears within. <a href="/hcsb/2_corinthians/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> In fact, when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest. Instead, we were troubled in every way: conflicts on the outside, fears inside. <a href="/asv/2_corinthians/7.htm">American Standard Version</a> For even when we were come into Macedonia our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. <a href="/cev/2_corinthians/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> After we came to Macedonia, we didn't have any chance to rest. We were faced with all kinds of problems. We were troubled by enemies and troubled by fears. <a href="/erv/2_corinthians/7.htm">English Revised Version</a> For even when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. <a href="/gwt/2_corinthians/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Ever since we arrived in the province of Macedonia, we've had no rest. Instead, we suffer in a number of ways. Outwardly we have conflicts, and inwardly we have fears. <a href="/gnt/2_corinthians/7.htm">Good News Translation</a> Even after we arrived in Macedonia, we did not have any rest. There were troubles everywhere, quarrels with others, fears in our hearts. <a href="/isv/2_corinthians/7.htm">International Standard Version</a> For even when we came to Macedonia, our bodies had no rest. We suffered in a number of ways. Outwardly there were conflicts, inwardly there were fears. <a href="/msb/2_corinthians/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within. <a href="/net/2_corinthians/7.htm">NET Bible</a> For even when we came into Macedonia, our body had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way--struggles from the outside, fears from within. <a href="/nheb/2_corinthians/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For even when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side. Fightings were outside. Fear was inside. <a href="/wbt/2_corinthians/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For, when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. <a href="/wey/2_corinthians/7.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For even after our arrival in Macedonia we could get no relief such as human nature craves. We were greatly harassed; there were conflicts without and fears within. <a href="/web/2_corinthians/7.htm">World English Bible</a> For even when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side. Fightings were outside. Fear was inside. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_corinthians/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> for we also, having come to Macedonia, our flesh has had no relaxation, but on every side we are in tribulation: fightings outside, fears within; <a href="/blb/2_corinthians/7.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And indeed, of us having come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest; but we are being pressed in every way: conflicts on the outside, fears within. <a href="/ylt/2_corinthians/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for also we, having come to Macedonia, no relaxation hath our flesh had, but on every side we are in tribulation, without are fightings, within -- fears; <a href="/slt/2_corinthians/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For also, we having come to Macedonia, our flesh had no relaxation, but pressed in everything; without conflicts, within fears.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_corinthians/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For also when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we suffered all tribulation; combats without, fears within. <a href="/cpdv/2_corinthians/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Then, too, when we had arrived in Macedonia, our flesh had no rest. Instead, we suffered every tribulation: exterior conflicts, interior fears. <a href="/nabre/2_corinthians/7.htm">New American Bible</a> For even when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted in every way—external conflicts, internal fears. <a href="/nrsvce/2_corinthians/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted in every way—disputes without and fears within.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_corinthians/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For ever since we came to Mac-e-do’ni-a, our bodies have had no rest but have been troubled by everything; war without and fears within. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_corinthians/7.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> For from the time that we came to Macedonia, we had no relief for our body, but we were tormented in all things: combat from without and fear from within.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/2_corinthians/7.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> For when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest; but we were oppressed on every side: without were battles, within were fears. <a href="/godbey/2_corinthians/7.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> For we having come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but in everything being troubled; fightings without, fears within. <a href="/haweis/2_corinthians/7.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> For when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side; without were fightings; within were fears. <a href="/mace/2_corinthians/7.htm">Mace New Testament</a> for when I came to Macedonia, I had no respit from the trouble that beset me on every side: oppositions from without, and apprehensions within. <a href="/wey/2_corinthians/7.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For even after our arrival in Macedonia we could get no relief such as human nature craves. We were greatly harassed; there were conflicts without and fears within. <a href="/worrell/2_corinthians/7.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> For even when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief; but we were in tribulation on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. <a href="/worsley/2_corinthians/7.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> For when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. <a href="/parallel/2_corinthians/7-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ddheG4hMg28?start=1162" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/7.htm">Paul's Joy in the Corinthians</a> …4Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows. 5<a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">For</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: Kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">when</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmōn (PPro-G1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">we</a> <a href="/greek/2064.htm" title="2064: elthontōn (V-APA-GMP) -- To come, go. ">arrived</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3109.htm" title="3109: Makedonian (N-AFS) -- (Hebrew), Macedonia, a Roman province north of Achaia (Greece). From Makedon; Macedonia, a region of Greece.">Macedonia,</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmōn (PPro-G1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">our</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4561.htm" title="4561: sarx (N-NFS) -- Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred. ">bodies</a> <a href="/greek/2192.htm" title="2192: eschēken (V-RIA-3S) -- To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.">had</a> <a href="/greek/3762.htm" title="3762: oudemian (Adj-AFS) -- No one, none, nothing. ">no</a> <a href="/greek/425.htm" title="425: anesin (N-AFS) -- Relief, remission, indulgence, freedom, rest. From aniemi; relaxation or relief.">rest,</a> <a href="/greek/235.htm" title="235: all’ (Conj) -- But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.">but</a> <a href="/greek/2346.htm" title="2346: thlibomenoi (V-PPM/P-NMP) -- (a) I make narrow (strictly: by pressure); I press upon, (b) I persecute, press hard. Akin to the base of tribos; to crowd.">we were pressed</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">from</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: panti (Adj-DNS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">every direction—</a> <a href="/greek/3163.htm" title="3163: machai (N-NFP) -- From machomai; a battle, i.e. controversy.">conflicts</a> <a href="/greek/1855.htm" title="1855: exōthen (Adv) -- (a) from outside, from without, (b) outside, both as adj. and prep; with article: the outside. From exo; external(-ly).">on the outside,</a> <a href="/greek/5401.htm" title="5401: phoboi (N-NMP) -- (a) fear, terror, alarm, (b) the object or cause of fear, (c) reverence, respect. From a primary phebomai; alarm or fright.">fears</a> <a href="/greek/2081.htm" title="2081: esōthen (Adv) -- From eso; from inside; also used as equivalent to eso.">within.</a> 6But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/acts/20-1.htm">Acts 20:1-2</a> When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia. / After traveling through that area and speaking many words of encouragement, he arrived in Greece, <a href="/2_corinthians/2-12.htm">2 Corinthians 2:12-13</a> Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord, / I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia. <a href="/1_thessalonians/3-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:7</a> For this reason, brothers, in all our distress and persecution, we have been reassured about you, because of your faith. <a href="/philippians/2-25.htm">Philippians 2:25-28</a> But I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my needs. / For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill. / He was sick indeed, nearly unto death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow. ... <a href="/2_corinthians/4-8.htm">2 Corinthians 4:8-9</a> We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; / persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. <a href="/romans/8-35.htm">Romans 8:35-37</a> Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? / As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” / No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. <a href="/2_corinthians/1-8.htm">2 Corinthians 1:8-10</a> We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. / Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. / He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us, <a href="/1_corinthians/4-11.htm">1 Corinthians 4:11-13</a> To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless. / We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; / when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">2 Corinthians 11:23-28</a> Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death. / Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. / Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea. ... <a href="/acts/16-6.htm">Acts 16:6-10</a> After the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia. / And when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them. / So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas. ... <a href="/2_corinthians/6-4.htm">2 Corinthians 6:4-5</a> Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities; / in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger; <a href="/acts/18-5.htm">Acts 18:5-6</a> And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ. / But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” <a href="/1_peter/4-12.htm">1 Peter 4:12-13</a> Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you. / But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory. <a href="/isaiah/40-29.htm">Isaiah 40:29-31</a> He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak. / Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall. / But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint. <a href="/psalms/34-19.htm">Psalm 34:19</a> Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fights, within were fears.when.<a href="/2_corinthians/1-16.htm">2 Corinthians 1:16,17</a> And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea… <a href="/2_corinthians/2-13.htm">2 Corinthians 2:13</a> I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.<a href="/acts/20-1.htm">Acts 20:1</a> And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.our.<a href="/2_corinthians/4-8.htm">2 Corinthians 4:8-12</a> We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; … <a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">2 Corinthians 11:23-30</a> Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft… <a href="/genesis/8-9.htm">Genesis 8:9</a> But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.troubled.<a href="/2_corinthians/4-8.htm">2 Corinthians 4:8</a> We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;<a href="/job/18-11.htm">Job 18:11</a> Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.<a href="/jeremiah/6-25.htm">Jeremiah 6:25</a> Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.without.<a href="/deuteronomy/32-25.htm">Deuteronomy 32:25</a> The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.<a href="/1_corinthians/15-31.htm">1 Corinthians 15:31</a> I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.fears.<a href="/2_corinthians/2-3.htm">2 Corinthians 2:3,9</a> And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all… <a href="/2_corinthians/11-29.htm">2 Corinthians 11:29</a> Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?<a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">2 Corinthians 12:20,21</a> For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults: … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_corinthians/4-8.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/acts/28-16.htm">Arrival</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/4-10.htm">Bodies</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-1.htm">Body</a> <a href="/james/4-1.htm">Conflicts</a> <a href="/matthew/12-39.htm">Craves</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-4.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/acts/18-9.htm">Fears</a> <a href="/psalms/18-43.htm">Fightings</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-1.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-4.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/acts/27-20.htm">Harassed</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-16.htm">Human</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-16.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/5-12.htm">Inside</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-13.htm">Macedonia</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-13.htm">Macedo'nia</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/4-16.htm">Nature</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-21.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-13.htm">Relief</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-13.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/4-8.htm">Side</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-4.htm">Tribulation</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/4-8.htm">Troubled</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/6-4.htm">Way</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/1-9.htm">Within</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-7.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/genesis/43-25.htm">Arrival</a> <a href="/galatians/6-13.htm">Bodies</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-10.htm">Body</a> <a href="/james/4-1.htm">Conflicts</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-26.htm">Craves</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-11.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/1_john/4-18.htm">Fears</a> <a href="/james/4-1.htm">Fightings</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-2.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-15.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/genesis/49-23.htm">Harassed</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-4.htm">Human</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/8-17.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-19.htm">Inside</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/8-1.htm">Macedonia</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/8-1.htm">Macedo'nia</a> <a href="/galatians/2-15.htm">Nature</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-28.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/8-4.htm">Relief</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-13.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/philippians/1-25.htm">Side</a> <a href="/philippians/4-14.htm">Tribulation</a> <a href="/galatians/4-20.htm">Troubled</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-9.htm">Way</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-13.htm">Within</a><div class="vheading2">2 Corinthians 7</div>1. <a href="/2_corinthians/7-1.htm">He proceeds in exhorting them to purity of life;</a> 2. <a href="/2_corinthians/7-2.htm">and to bear him like affection as he does to them.</a> 3. <a href="/2_corinthians/7-3.htm">Whereof lest he might seem to doubt, he declares what comfort he took in his afflictions </a> 6. <a href="/2_corinthians/7-6.htm">by the report which Titus gave of their godly sorrow, </a> 8. <a href="/2_corinthians/7-8.htm">which his former epistle had wrought in them;</a> 13. <a href="/2_corinthians/7-13.htm">and of their loving-kindness and obedience toward Titus, answerable to his former boastings of them.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/2_corinthians/7.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div>For when we arrived in Macedonia The phrase "For when we arrived in Macedonia" situates the reader in a specific historical and geographical context. Macedonia was a significant region in the ancient world, known for its strategic location and cultural influence. The Apostle Paul had a deep connection with the Macedonian churches, as seen in his missionary journeys recorded in Acts. The Greek root for "Macedonia" (Μακεδονία) reflects a land of great historical importance, being the birthplace of Alexander the Great. This context underscores the challenges Paul faced in spreading the Gospel in a region with a rich and complex history.our bodies had no rest The phrase "our bodies had no rest" highlights the physical and emotional toll of Paul's missionary work. The Greek word for "rest" (ἀνάπαυσις) implies a cessation from labor or a period of refreshment. Paul often endured hardships, as noted in his epistles, which included physical exhaustion, persecution, and constant travel. This phrase serves as a reminder of the sacrifices made by early Christian missionaries and the relentless nature of their commitment to spreading the Gospel.but we were harassed at every turn The phrase "but we were harassed at every turn" conveys the relentless opposition Paul and his companions faced. The Greek word for "harassed" (θλίβω) means to press or afflict, indicating intense pressure and adversity. This reflects the spiritual and physical challenges encountered by Paul, as he often faced hostility from both Jewish and Gentile communities. The phrase emphasizes the perseverance required to maintain faith and mission in the face of constant opposition.conflicts on the outside The phrase "conflicts on the outside" refers to the external challenges and confrontations Paul experienced. The Greek word for "conflicts" (μάχαι) suggests battles or struggles, often used in the context of warfare. This imagery highlights the spiritual warfare and societal resistance faced by early Christians. It serves as a metaphor for the ongoing struggle between the forces of good and evil, reminding believers of the external challenges that accompany a life of faith.fears within The phrase "fears within" addresses the internal struggles and anxieties Paul experienced. The Greek word for "fears" (φόβοι) denotes a sense of dread or apprehension. Despite his unwavering faith, Paul was not immune to the human experience of fear and doubt. This phrase offers a poignant reminder that even the most devoted servants of God face internal battles. It encourages believers to acknowledge their fears and seek strength in God, who provides peace and assurance amidst turmoil.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_corinthians/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) For, when we were come into Macedonia . . .--His feeling has led him back to the narrative from which he had digressed in <a href="/2_corinthians/2-13.htm" title="I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from there into Macedonia.">2Corinthians 2:13</a>. He had come from Troas full of anxiety and agitation. He arrived in Macedonia. Much remained the same. His body was still suffering from want of rest, even though his spirit had found relief in the thought that the coming of Titus could not now be far off. (Comp. "our flesh" here, with "I had no rest for my spirit" in <a href="/2_corinthians/2-13.htm" title="I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from there into Macedonia.">2Corinthians 2:13</a>.)Without were fightings, within were fears.--We have no knowledge to what the first clause refers. It is natural to think either of dangers and persecutions from the heathen, or, probably, of conflicts with the party of the circumcision, or, as he calls them in Philippians 3, of the "concision," at Philippi. The "fears" manifestly refer to his alarm and anxiety about the effect produced by his first Epistle.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_corinthians/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 5. - For, when we were come into Macedonia. "For even when we came." The word "affliction" reminds St. Paul to resume the thread of the narrative which makes this letter almost like an itinerary. He has spoken of his trials in Ephesus (<a href="/2_corinthians/1-8.htm">2 Corinthians 1:8</a>) and in the Troad (<a href="/2_corinthians/2-12.htm">2 Corinthians 2:12, 13</a>), and now he tells them that even in Macedonia he was no less troubled and agitated. Our flesh had no rest. External troubles assailed him as well as inward anxiety. "Had" seems here to be the best reading (B, F, G, K); not "has had," which may be borrowed from <a href="/2_corinthians/2-13.htm">2 Corinthians 2:13</a>. Rest; rather, remission, respite. But we were troubled on every side; literally, but in everything being afflicted. The style, in its picturesque irregularity, almost seems as though it were broken by sobs. Without were fightings, within were fears. "From without battles, from within fears." No light is thrown on these "battles." The Acts of the Apostles has no details to give us of this brief stay in Macedonia. The "fears" were doubtless still connected with anxiety as to the reception of Titus, and of his First Epistle (<a href="/1_corinthians/12-20.htm">1 Corinthians 12:20</a>). <a href="/commentaries/2_corinthians/7-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>For γὰρ (gar) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. [when] Καὶ (Kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. we ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. arrived ἐλθόντων (elthontōn) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2064.htm">Strong's 2064: </a> To come, go. in εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. Macedonia, Μακεδονίαν (Makedonian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3109.htm">Strong's 3109: </a> (Hebrew), Macedonia, a Roman province north of Achaia (Greece). From Makedon; Macedonia, a region of Greece. our ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. bodies σὰρξ (sarx) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4561.htm">Strong's 4561: </a> Flesh, body, human nature, materiality; kindred. had ἔσχηκεν (eschēken) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2192.htm">Strong's 2192: </a> To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. no οὐδεμίαν (oudemian) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3762.htm">Strong's 3762: </a> No one, none, nothing. rest, ἄνεσιν (anesin) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_425.htm">Strong's 425: </a> Relief, remission, indulgence, freedom, rest. From aniemi; relaxation or relief. but ἀλλ’ (all’) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_235.htm">Strong's 235: </a> But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise. we were pressed θλιβόμενοι (thlibomenoi) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2346.htm">Strong's 2346: </a> (a) I make narrow (strictly: by pressure); I press upon, (b) I persecute, press hard. Akin to the base of tribos; to crowd. from ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. every [direction]— παντὶ (panti) Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. conflicts μάχαι (machai) Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3163.htm">Strong's 3163: </a> From machomai; a battle, i.e. controversy. on the outside, ἔξωθεν (exōthen) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_1855.htm">Strong's 1855: </a> (a) from outside, from without, (b) outside, both as adj. and prep; with article: the outside. From exo; external(-ly). fears φόβοι (phoboi) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5401.htm">Strong's 5401: </a> (a) fear, terror, alarm, (b) the object or cause of fear, (c) reverence, respect. From a primary phebomai; alarm or fright. within. ἔσωθεν (esōthen) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_2081.htm">Strong's 2081: </a> From eso; from inside; also used as equivalent to eso. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_corinthians/7-5.htm">2 Corinthians 7:5 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_corinthians/7-5.htm">2 Corinthians 7:5 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_corinthians/7-5.htm">2 Corinthians 7:5 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/7-5.htm">2 Corinthians 7:5 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/7-5.htm">2 Corinthians 7:5 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_corinthians/7-5.htm">2 Corinthians 7:5 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_corinthians/7-5.htm">2 Corinthians 7:5 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_corinthians/7-5.htm">2 Corinthians 7:5 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_corinthians/7-5.htm">2 Corinthians 7:5 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_corinthians/7-5.htm">2 Corinthians 7:5 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-5.htm">NT Letters: 2 Corinthians 7:5 For even when we had come into (2 Cor. 2C iiC 2Cor ii cor iicor) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Corinthians 7:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 7:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Corinthians 7:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 7:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>