Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.
Parallel translations
- WEB Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily, anxiety for all the assemblies.
- KJV Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
- NKJV besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches.
- NASB Apart from such external things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches.
- NLT Then, besides all this, I have the daily burden of my concern for all the churches.
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Quick answer
On top of external sufferings, Paul carries the daily inward pressure of his anxious care for all the churches. It matters because true pastoral love bears an unseen but constant burden for God's people.
Overview
Having listed outward trials, Paul names a heavier inward weight: his daily concern for every congregation he has founded or served. This pastoral anxiety is not faithless worry but the loving burden of one responsible for souls. It reflects the heart of the Good Shepherd, who carries his sheep with tender, watchful care.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- 1 Cor 7:17Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.
- Rom 15:16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 20:18–35When they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.
- Acts 18:23After Paul had spent some time in Antioch, he traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
- Acts 15:40–41but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.
- Rom 11:13I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
- Rom 16:4who have risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.
- Col 2:1For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me face to face,
- Acts 20:2After traveling through that area and speaking many words of encouragement, he arrived in Greece,
- Acts 15:36Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”
- Rom 1:14I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
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