2 Corinthians 1:11

2 Corinthians 1:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.
• New International Version (NIV)as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.
• New King James Version (NKJV)you also helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the gift granted to us through many.

Context of 2 Corinthians 1:11

9Indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead, 10who rescued us from so great a danger of death, and will rescue us, He on whom we have set our hope. And He will yet deliver us, if you also join in helping us through your prayers, so that thanks may be given by many persons in our behalf for the favor granted to us through the prayers of many. 12For our proud confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you. 13For we write nothing else to you than what you read and understand, and I hope you will understand until the end;

2 Corinthians 1:11 word by word

συνυπουργούντων καὶ ὑμῶν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν τῇ δεήσει, ἵνα ἐκ πολλῶν προσώπων τὸ εἰς ἡμᾶς χάρισμα διὰ πολλῶν εὐχαριστηθῇ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.Read the interlinear

• you alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• joinσυνυπουργέωsunupourgeō · to join in helpingG4943
• us through your prayersδέησιςdeēsis · petitionG1162
• soἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• thanksεὐχαριστέωeucharisteō · to thankG2168
• manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• personsπρόσωπονprosōpon · faceG4383
• inὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
• for the favorχάρισμαcharisma · giftG5486
• to us throughδιάdia · through/because ofG1223

Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 1:11

• 2 Corinthians 9:14while they also, by prayer on your behalf, yearn for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.
• Isaiah 37:4Perhaps the Lord your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to taunt the living God, and will avenge the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the remnant that is left.’”
• Isaiah 62:6On your walls, Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen; All day and all night they will never keep silent. You who profess the Lord, take no rest for yourselves;
• Acts 12:5So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made to God intensely by the church.
• Romans 15:30Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,
• Ephesians 6:18With every prayer and request, pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be alert with all perseverance and every request for all the saints,
• Philippians 1:19for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
• Colossians 4:3praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned;
• 1 Thessalonians 5:25Brothers and sisters, pray for us.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:1Finally, brothers and sisters, pray for us that the word of the Lord will spread rapidly and be glorified, just as it was also with you;
• Philemon 1:22At the same time also prepare me a guest room, for I hope that through your prayers I will be given to you.
• Hebrews 13:18Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a good conscience, desiring to conduct ourselves honorably in all things.
• James 5:16Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. A prayer of a righteous person, when it is brought about, can accomplish much.
• 2 Corinthians 4:15For all things are for your sakes, so that grace, having spread to more and more people, will cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
• 2 Corinthians 9:11you will be enriched in everything for all liberality, which through us is producing thanksgiving to God.

Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 1:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Ye also helping together by prayer - Even an apostle felt the prayers of the Church of God necessary for his comfort and support. What innumerable blessings do the prayers of the followers of God draw down on those who are the objects of them! The gift bestowed - by the means of many persons - The blessings communicated by means of their prayers. Thanks may be given by many - When they who have prayed hear that their prayers are so particularly answered…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Ye also helping together by prayer for us - Tyndale renders this in connection with the close of the previous verse; “we trust that yet hereafter he will deliver us, by the help of your prayer for us.” The word rendered “helping together,” means cooperating, aiding, assisting; and the idea is, that Paul felt that his trials might be turned to good account, and give occasion for thanksgiving; and that this was to be accomplished by the aid of the prayers…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-11dear brothers: The Greek word adelphoi is a traditional term of affection for family members, both male and female. the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia: The trouble faced in the province of Asia is hard to pinpoint. One suggestion is the riot in Ephesus (Acts 19:23–41). Another is that Paul was tried in a civil court and faced possible execution in Ephesus (2 Corinthians 1:9; see 1 Corinthians 15:32). It is less likely that he suffered a…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. helping together by prayer for us--rather, "helping together on our behalf by your supplication"; the words "for us" in the Greek following "helping together," not "prayer." that for the gift, &c.--literally, "That on the part of many persons the gift (literally, 'gift of grace'; the mercy) bestowed upon us by means of (that is, through the prayers of) many may be offered thanks for (may have thanks offered for it) on our behalf."Read the comment

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Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 1

• 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