Polar Opposites (2)

we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;  2 Corinthians 4:8-9  NASB Not despairing – How many negatives does it take to make a promise?  Paul suggests that it takes at least three.  Here the Greek is ouk exaporoumenoi.  The first…