Polar Opposites (4)

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

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 Trouble with the Curve – “Struck down” might as well be “struck out.”  The Greek is kataballo.  It is the verb ballo (“to throw”) coupled with the intensifier kata. …

Polar Opposites (3)

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

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 forsaken – In order to understand ouk enkataleipomenoi, we probably first need to look at diokomenoi.  Translated “persecuted,” the root is dioko.  This word is about setting something…