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

8we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; 9persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 11For we who live are constantly being handed over to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal flesh. 12So death works in us, but life 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

• alwaysπάντοτεpantote · alwaysG3842
• carryingπεριφέρωperipherō · to carry (around)G4064
• in the bodyσῶμαsōma · bodyG4983
• the dyingνέκρωσιςnekrōsis · deathG3500
• of JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• soἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• the lifeζωήzōē · lifeG2222
• may alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• be revealedφανερόωphaneroō · to revealG5319

Cross-references for 2 Corinthians 4:10

• 2 Corinthians 1:5For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.
• Romans 8:17and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.
• Galatians 6:17From now on let no one cause trouble for me, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.
• Philippians 3:10that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death;
• Colossians 1:24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am supplementing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions in behalf of His body, which is the church.
• 2 Corinthians 13:4For indeed He was crucified because of weakness, yet He lives because of the power of God. For we too are weak in Him, yet we will live with Him because of the power of God directed toward you.
• John 14:19After a little while, the world no longer is going to see Me, but you are going to see Me; because I live, you also will live.
• Acts 18:9And the Lord said to Paul by a vision at night, “Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking and do not be silent;
• 2 Timothy 2:11The statement is trustworthy: For if we died with Him, we will also live with Him;
• 1 Peter 4:13but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that at the revelation of His glory you may also rejoice and be overjoyed.
• Revelation 1:17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, “Do not 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

Topics related to 2 Corinthians 4:10

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Assurance
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Minister, Christian
• Paul
• Persecution
• Zeal, Religious

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• Jesus
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• Craftiness
• Despair
• Dishonesty
• Distress
• Light
• Temporal
• Affliction

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