2 Corinthians 11:2

Faithfulness and loyalty Purity Marriage

¹ I hope you will bear with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.

I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

³ I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

⁴ For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it way too easily.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
KJV: For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
WEB: For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you in marriage to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
ASV: For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I espoused you to one husband, that I might present you [as] a pure virgin to Christ.
DARBY: For I am jealous as to you with a jealousy [which is] of God; for I have espoused you unto one man, to present [you] a chaste virgin to Christ.
BLB: For I am jealous [as to] you⁺ with the jealousy of God. For I betrothed you⁺ to one husband, to present a pure virgin to Christ.

ÅB: For jeg er nidkjær for dere med Guds nidkjærhet; jeg trolovet dere jo med én mann, for å fremstille en ren jomfru for Kristus;
OTB: For jeg er dypt bekymret for dere med en guddommelig bekymring; for jeg har lovet dere til én ektemann, for å fremstille dere som en ren brud for Kristus.
B1930: For jeg er nidkjær for eder med Guds nidkjærhet; jeg trolovet eder jo med én mann, for å fremstille en ren jomfru for Kristus;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Hosea 2:19–20
So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
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Ephesians 5:26–27
to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
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Isaiah 54:5
For your husband is your Maker— the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
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Colossians 1:28
We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.
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Leviticus 21:13–15
The woman he marries must be a virgin.
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John 3:29
The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
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Isaiah 62:4–5
No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.
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Romans 7:4
Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
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