2 Corinthians 11:28
New International Version
Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.

New Living Translation
Then, besides all this, I have the daily burden of my concern for all the churches.

English Standard Version
And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.

Berean Standard Bible
Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.

Berean Literal Bible
Besides the external things, the pressure on me on every day is my care for all the churches.

King James Bible
Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.

New King James Version
besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches.

New American Standard Bible
Apart from such external things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches.

NASB 1995
Apart from such external things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches.

NASB 1977
Apart from such external things, there is the daily pressure upon me of concern for all the churches.

Legacy Standard Bible
Apart from such external things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches.

Amplified Bible
Besides those external things, there is the daily [inescapable] pressure of my concern for all the churches.

Christian Standard Bible
Not to mention other things, there is the daily pressure on me: my concern for all the churches.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Not to mention other things, there is the daily pressure on me: my care for all the churches.

American Standard Version
Besides those things that are without, there is that which presseth upon me daily, anxiety for all the churches.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Aside from much more, the crowds who are with me everyday, and my care which I have in my person for all the churches.

Contemporary English Version
Besides everything else, each day I am burdened down, worrying about all the churches.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Besides those things which are without: my daily instance, the solicitude for all the churches.

English Revised Version
Beside those things that are without, there is that which presseth upon me daily, anxiety for all the churches.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Besides these external matters, I have the daily pressure of my anxiety about all the churches.

Good News Translation
And not to mention other things, every day I am under the pressure of my concern for all the churches.

International Standard Version
Besides everything else, I have a daily burden because of my anxiety about all the churches.

Literal Standard Version
apart from the things without—the crowding on me that is daily—the care of all the assemblies.

Majority Standard Bible
Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.

New American Bible
And apart from these things, there is the daily pressure upon me of my anxiety for all the churches.

NET Bible
Apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxious concern for all the churches.

New Revised Standard Version
And, besides other things, I am under daily pressure because of my anxiety for all the churches.

New Heart English Bible
Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily, anxiety for all the churches.

Webster's Bible Translation
Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.

Weymouth New Testament
And besides other things, which I pass over, there is that which presses on me daily--my anxiety for all the Churches.

World English Bible
Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily: anxiety for all the assemblies.

Young's Literal Translation
apart from the things without -- the crowding upon me that is daily -- the care of all the assemblies.

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Context
Paul's Suffering and Service
27in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure. 28Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches. 29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?…

Cross References
Acts 9:31
Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 7:17
Regardless, 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.


Treasury of Scripture

Beside those things that are without, that which comes on me daily, the care of all the churches.

those.

2 Corinthians 11:23-27
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…

the care.

Acts 15:36,40,41
And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do…

Acts 18:23
And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.

Acts 20:2,18-35
And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, …

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2 Corinthians 11
1. Out of his jealousy over the Corinthians, he enters into a forced commendation of himself,
5. of his equality with the chief apostles,
7. of his preaching the gospel to them freely, and without any charge to them;
13. showing that he was not inferior to those deceitful workers in any legal prerogative;
23. and in the service of Christ, and in all kinds of sufferings for his ministry, far superior.














(28) That which cometh upon me daily . . .--The word so translated primarily signifies a "rush" or "tumult," and is so used in Acts 24:12. Here that meaning is excluded by the fact that perils of that nature had been already specified, and that he now manifestly speaks of something differing in kind as well as in degree. But there is, as our modern phraseology shows, such a thing as a "rush" of business almost as trying as the "ugly rush" of a crowd, and that is manifestly what he means here. The daily visits of inquirers, the confessions of sin-burdened souls, the craving of perplexed consciences for guidance, the reference of quarrels of the household or the church to his arbitration as umpire, the arrival of messengers from distant churches, each with their tidings of good or evil--this is what we have to think of as present to St. Paul's thoughts as the daily routine of his life; and the absence of any conjunction between the two clauses clearly points to the fact that, in his mind, "the care (or anxiety) of all the churches" was all but identical with the "rush" of which he had just spoken.

Verse 28. - Those things that are without. The adverb thus rendered parektos only occurs in Matthew 5:32; Acts 26:29. It may either mean "trials that come to me from external and extraneous sources (quae extrinsecus accedunt) or things in addition to these (praeterea), which I here leave unmentioned." The latter meaning is (as St. Chrysostom saw) almost certainly the correct one. That which cometh upon me. The word thus rendered is either episustasis (J, K), which means "hostile attack" or "tumult," as we talk of "a rush of trouble or business;" or epistasis (א, B, D, E, F, G), which may imply "halting, lingering thoughts; "attention," and so "anxiety" (comp. Acts 24:12, where there is the same various reading). Of all the Churches. No doubt he is thinking of his own Churches, the Churches of the Gentiles (Colossians 2:1).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Apart from
Χωρὶς (Chōris)
Preposition
Strong's 5565: Apart from, separately from; without. Adverb from chora; at a space, i.e. Separately or apart from.

these external
παρεκτὸς (parektos)
Adverb
Strong's 3924: From para and ektos; near outside, i.e. Besides.

[trials],
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

I [face]
μοι (moi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

daily
ἡμέραν (hēmeran)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.

the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

pressure
ἐπίστασίς (epistasis)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1999: A gathering, concourse, tumult. From the middle voice of a compound of epi and sunistao; a conspiracy, i.e. Concourse.

[of my]
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

concern
μέριμνα (merimna)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3308: Care, worry, anxiety. From merizo; solicitude.

for all
πασῶν (pasōn)
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Plural
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

the
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Feminine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

churches.
ἐκκλησιῶν (ekklēsiōn)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural
Strong's 1577: From a compound of ek and a derivative of kaleo; a calling out, i.e. a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation.


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