2 Corinthians 4:11

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 knocked down, but not destroyed, 10always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our body. For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal body. 12As a result, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. 13But since we have the same spirit of faith as that shown in what has been written, “I believed; therefore I spoke,” we also believe, therefore we also speak.

2 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 44:22Yet because of you we are killed all day long; we are treated like sheep at the slaughtering block.
• Psalms 141:7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
• Romans 8:36As it is written, “For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
• 1 Corinthians 15:31Every day I am in danger of death! This is as sure as my boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 2 Corinthians 5:4For we groan while we are in this tent, since we are weighed down, because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
• Romans 8:11Moreover if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive through his Spirit who lives in you.
• 1 Corinthians 15:53For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on 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

Topics related to 2 Corinthians 4:11

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Paul
• Persecution
• Suffering
• Zeal, Religious

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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