2 Corinthians 4:11
9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
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.
12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we 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 as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:53–54
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Read in contextPsalms 44:22
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Read in contextRomans 8:36
As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:31
I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
Read in contextRomans 8:11
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
Read in context2 Corinthians 5:4
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
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