Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageWe are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GHard pressed on every side, yet not hemmed in; bewildered, yet not at our wits' end;
KJV
King James VersionWe are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
BSB
Berean Standard BibleWe are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
Footnotes
Paul constructs deliberate Greek wordplay: ἀπορούμενοι ('perplexed,' from ἄπορος, 'without a way') and ἐξαπορούμενοι ('in complete despair,' its intensified form — 'utterly without a way'). The F.O.G renders this as 'bewildered…not at our wits' end' to capture the escalating force of the pun; the F.O.G Message follows the familiar 'perplexed…not in despair.' Neither English pairing fully replicates the Greek compression of the wordplay.
