2 Corinthians 4:10

2 Corinthians 4:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
• English Standard Version (ESV)always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
• New King James Version (NKJV)always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.

Context of 2 Corinthians 4:10

8In every way we’re troubled, but we aren’t crushed by our troubles. We’re frustrated, but we don’t give up. 9We’re persecuted, but we’re not abandoned. We’re captured, but we’re not killed. We always carry around the death of Jesus in our bodies so that the life of Jesus is also shown in our bodies. 11While we are alive, we are constantly handed over to death for Jesus’ sake so that the life of Jesus is also shown in our mortal nature. 12Death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

2 Corinthians 4:10 word by word

πάντοτε τὴν νέκρωσιν τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἐν τῷ σώματι περιφέροντες, ἵνα καὶ ἡ ζωὴ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἐν τῷ σώματι ἡμῶν φανερωθῇ·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Alwaysπάντοτεpantote · alwaysG3842
• bearing aboutπεριφέρωperipherō · to carry (around)G4064
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the bodyὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the bodyσῶμαsōma · bodyG4983
• the dyingνέκρωσιςnekrōsis · deathG3500
• of the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• the lifeζωήzōē · lifeG2222
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• might be made manifestφανερόωphaneroō · to revealG5319
• ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473

Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 4:10

• 2 Corinthians 1:5Because Christ suffered so much for us, we can receive so much comfort from him.
• Romans 8:17If we are his children, we are also God’s heirs. If we share in Christ’s suffering in order to share his glory, we are heirs together with him.
• Galatians 6:17From now on, don’t make any trouble for me! After all, I carry the scars of Jesus on my body.
• Philippians 3:10that knows Christ. Faith knows the power that his coming back to life gives and what it means to share his suffering. In this way I’m becoming like him in his death,
• Colossians 1:24I am happy to suffer for you now. In my body I am completing whatever remains of Christ’s sufferings. I am doing this on behalf of his body, the church.
• 2 Corinthians 13:4He was weak when he was crucified, but by God’s power he lives. We are weak with him, but by God’s power we will live for you with his help.
• John 14:19In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. You will live because I live.
• Acts 18:9One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, “Don’t be afraid to speak out! Don’t be silent!
• 2 Timothy 2:11This is a statement that can be trusted: If we have died with him, we will live with him.
• 1 Peter 4:13but be happy as you share Christ’s sufferings. Then you will also be full of joy when he appears again in his glory.
• Revelation 1:17When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. Then he laid his right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid! I am the first and the last,

Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 4:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Always bearing about in the body, etc. - Being every moment in danger of losing our lives in the cause of truth, as Jesus Christ was. We, in a word, bear his cross, and are ready to offer up our lives for him. There is probably an allusion here to the marks, wounds, and bruises which the contenders in those games got, and continued to carry throughout life. That the life also of Jesus might be made manifest - That in our preservation, the success of our…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Always bearing about in the body - The expression used here is designed to show the great perils to which Paul was exposed. And the idea is, that he had on his body the marks, the stripes and marks of punishment and persecution, which showed that he was exposed to the same violent death which the Lord Jesus himself endured; compare Galatians 6:17; “I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.” It is a strong energetic mode of expression, to denote the…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
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus--that is, having my body exposed to being put to death in the cause of Jesus (the oldest manuscripts omit "the Lord"), and having in it the marks of such sufferings, I thus bear about wheresoever I go, an image of the suffering Saviour in my own person (2Co 4:11; 2Co 1:5; compare 1Co 15:31). Doubtless, Paul was exposed to more dangers than are recorded in Acts (compare 2Co 7:5; 11:26). The Greek…Read the comment

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• Afflictions and Adversities
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• Paul
• Persecution
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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