2 Corinthians 4:11
For, alive though I am, I am always given over to death for the sake of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may shine forth in my dying flesh.
Montgomery New Testament
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In Context
12So while death is working in me, life is working in you.
Cross References
Romans 8:36Even as it is written. For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
1 Corinthians 15:49As we have borne the likeness of him who was of earth, so also let us bear the likeness of Him who is of heaven.
2 Corinthians 5:4For in this tent of mine I am groaning in deep trouble; not that I wish to be unclothed, but to be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up in life.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 4:9-18
The Apostles' Sufferings and Supports. ( a. d. 57.) 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 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. 11 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. 12 So then death worketh in us, but life in… Read the whole commentary →