2 Corinthians 4:8

Paul is pressed hard on every side but not crushed, perplexed but not driven to despair. God sustains His servants through severe trials.

Cross-references · 21

• Jas 1:2–4Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
• Rom 8:35–37Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
• 1 Pet 4:12–14Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.
• 2 Cor 12:10That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
• Ps 56:2–3My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.
• 2 Cor 7:5For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.
• Rom 5:3–5Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
• 1 Pet 1:6–7In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
• Ps 37:33the LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned under judgment.
• Job 2:9–10Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
• 2 Cor 1:8–10We 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.
• John 14:18I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
• 1 Cor 10:13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
• 2 Cor 4:16–17Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
• 1 Sam 28:15Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”
• 2 Cor 6:4Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;
• 1 Sam 30:6And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
• 2 Cor 11:23–30Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
• Prov 14:26He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
• Prov 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
• 1 Sam 31:4Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

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