“For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.”
For when we came to Macedonia, we had no rest, but we were harassed at every turn — conflicts without and fears within (exōthen machē, esōthen phoboi, echoing Ps 73:7 LXX). The journey was harrowing: external opposition and internal anxiety. Yet faith persevered.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 7:5
“For even when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief.” For since he said, “our tribulation;” he both explains of what sort it was, and magnifies it by his words, in order to show that the consolation and joys received from them was great, seeing it had repelled so great a sorrow. “But we were afflicted on every side.” How on every side? For “without were fightings,” from the unbelievers; “within were fears;” because of the weak among the believers, lest they…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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