verse 6, “Therefore we are always confident,” and again verse 8, “We are confident, I say.” That means we are of good courage. You may know these chapters well enough to know that in chapter 3 Paul unfolds the glory of the Christian ministry, but in chapter 4 he unfolds the problems of the Christian ministry. This is his argument: because of the glory of the ministry and in spite of its problems, ouk enkakoumen. We refuse to become discouraged. There are two questions
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