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2 Corinthians 4:11
11For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’s sake, so that Jesus’s life may also be displayed in our mortal flesh.
2 Corinthians 4:11 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
Context of 2 Corinthians 4:11
9we are persecuted but not abandoned; we are struck down but not destroyed. 10We always carry the death of Jesus in our body, so that the life of Jesus may also be displayed in our body. For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’s sake, so that Jesus’s life may also be displayed in our mortal flesh. 12So then, death is at work in us, but life in you. 13And since we have the same spirit of faith in keeping with what is written, I believed, therefore I spoke, we also believe, and therefore speak.
Read all of 2 Corinthians 42 Corinthians 4:11 word by word
ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡμεῖς οἱ ζῶντες εἰς θάνατον παραδιδόμεθα διὰ Ἰησοῦν, ἵνα καὶ ἡ ζωὴ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ φανερωθῇ ἐν τῇ θνητῇ σαρκὶ ἡμῶν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Forγάρgar · forG1063
- weἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- which liveζάωzaō · to liveG2198
- are alwayἀείaei · alwaysG104
- deliveredπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
- untoεἰςeis · towardG1519
- deathθάνατοςthanatos · deathG2288
- forδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
- Jesus’ sakeἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
- the lifeζωήzōē · lifeG2222
- alsoκαίkai · andG2532
- might be made manifestφανερόωphaneroō · to revealG5319
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- mortalθνητόςthnētos · mortalG2349
- fleshσάρξsarx · fleshG4561
Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 4:11
- Psalms 44:22Because of you we are being put to death all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.
- Psalms 141:7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, turning up rocks, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
- Romans 8:36As it is written: Because of you we are being put to death all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.
- 1 Corinthians 15:31I face death every day, as surely as I may boast about you, brothers and sisters, in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- 2 Corinthians 5:4Indeed, we groan while we are in this tent, burdened as we are, because we do not want to be unclothed but clothed, so that mortality may be swallowed up by life.
- Romans 8:11And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, then he who raised Christ from the dead will also bring your mortal bodies to life through his Spirit who lives in you.
- 1 Corinthians 15:53For this corruptible body must be clothed with incorruptibility, and this mortal body must be clothed with immortality.
Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 4:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11For we which live - And yet, although we are preserved alive, we are in such continual dangers that we carry our life in our hands, and are constantly in the spirit of sacrifice. But the life - the preserving power, of Christ is manifest in our continual support.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11For we which live - Those of us, the apostles and ministers of the Redeemer who still survive. James the brother of John had been put to death Acts 12:2; and it is probable also that some other of the apostles had been also. This verse is merely explanatory of the previous verse. Are alway delivered unto death - Exposed constantly to death. This shows what is meant in 2 Corinthians 4:10, by bearing about in the body the dying the Lord Jesus; see the note…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-12Verses 8-12 The apostles were great sufferers, yet they met with wonderful support. Believers may be forsaken of their friends, as well as persecuted by enemies; but their God will never leave them nor forsake them. There may be fears within, as well as fightings without; yet we are not destroyed. The apostle speaks of their sufferings as a counterpart of the sufferings of Christ, that people might see the power of Christ's resurrection, and of grace in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Believers often endure the Lord's humiliation, confident they will also share in his triumphant, risen life (4:14).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. we which live--in the power of Christ's "life" manifested in us, in our whole man body as well as spirit (Ro 8:10, 11; see on 2Co 4:10; compare 2Co 5:15). Paul regards his preservation amidst so many exposures to "death," by which Stephen and James were cut off, as a standing miracle (2Co 11:23). delivered unto--not by chance; by the ordering of Providence, who shows "the excellency of His power" (2Co 4:7), in delivering unto DEATH His living saints…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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