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2 Corinthians 4

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New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Corinthians 4:7-12

7But we haveG2192 thisG3778 treasureG2344 in 1earthenG3749 vesselsG4632, soG2443 that the surpassingG5236 greatnessG5236 of 2the powerG1411 will be of GodG2316 and not from ourselvesG1473; 8we are 3afflictedG2346 in everyG3956 wayG3956, but not 4crushedG4729; 5perplexedG639, but not despairingG1820; 96persecutedG1377, but not 7forsakenG1459; 8struckG2598 downG2598, but not destroyedG622; 109alwaysG3842 carryingG4064 aboutG4064 in the bodyG4983 the dyingG3500 of JesusG2424, soG2443 that 10the lifeG2222 of JesusG2424 alsoG2532 may be manifestedG5319 in our bodyG4983. 11For we who liveG2198 are constantlyG104 being deliveredG3860 overG3860 to deathG2288 for Jesus’G2424 sakeG1223, soG2443 that the lifeG2222 of JesusG2424 alsoG2532 may be manifestedG5319 in our mortalG2349 fleshG4561. 12SoG5620 deathG2288 worksG1754 in us, but lifeG2222 in you.

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Corinthians 4:7 Job 4:19; 10:9; 33:6; Lam 4:2; 2 Cor 5:1; 2 Tim 2:20 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Corinthians 4:7 Judg 7:2; 1 Cor 2:5 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Corinthians 4:8 2 Cor 1:8; 7:5 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Corinthians 4:8 2 Cor 6:12 ↩
  5. 5. 2 Corinthians 4:8 Gal 4:20 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Corinthians 4:9 John 15:20; Rom 8:35f ↩
  7. 7. 2 Corinthians 4:9 Ps 129:2; Heb 13:5 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Corinthians 4:9 Ps 37:24; Prov 24:16; Mic 7:8 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Corinthians 4:10 Rom 6:5; 8:36; Gal 6:17 ↩
  10. 10. 2 Corinthians 4:10 Rom 6:8 ↩

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