2 Corinthians 4:11
9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body.
12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
13 And in keeping with what is written: “I believed, therefore I have spoken,” we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body.
- KJV
- For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
- WEB
- For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.
- ASV
- For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus` sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
- DARBY
- for we who live are always delivered unto death on account of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh;
- BLB
- For we the living are always being delivered to death on account of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal flesh.
- ÅB
- For enda mens vi lever, overgis vi stadig til døden for Jesu skyld, for at også Jesu liv skal åpenbares i vårt dødelige kjød.
- OTB
- For vi som lever blir kontinuerlig overgitt til døden for Jesu skyld, så Jesu liv også kan bli åpenbart i vårt dødelige kjød.
- B1930
- For ennu mens vi lever, overgis vi stadig til døden for Jesu skyld, forat også Jesu liv skal åpenbares i vårt dødelige kjød.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 15:49
And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:53–54
For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
Read in contextPsalms 44:22
Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
Read in contextRomans 8:36
As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:31
I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Read in contextRomans 8:11
And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
Read in context2 Corinthians 5:4
So while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.
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