2 Corinthians 1:11

Ye also labouring together on our behalf, by your supplication, that, unto many persons, being due the gift of favour, unto us, through means of many, might thanks be given in our behalf.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10Who, out of so great a death, rescued us, and will rescue,—unto whom we have turned our hope, [that], even yet, he will rescue:

12For, our boasting, is, this,—the witness of our conscience, that, in sanctity and sincerity of God, [and] not in fleshly wisdom, but in God’s favour, have we behaved ourselves in the world,—and more abundantly towards you.

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Cross References

Isaiah 62:6Upon thy walls O Jerusalem, have I appointed watchmen, All the day and all the night through, let them not hold their peace,—O ye that put Yahweh in mind, Do not take rest to yourselves,

Romans 15:30I beseech you, moreover, [brethren], through our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers on my behalf unto God,—

2 Corinthians 9:11In every thing, being enriched, unto every kind of liberality,—which, indeed, worketh out, through us, thanksgiving unto God;

Ephesians 6:18With all prayer and supplication, praying in every season, in spirit, and, thereunto, watching, with all perseverance and supplication, for all the saints,—

Colossians 4:3Praying, at the same time, for us also,—that, God, would open unto us a door for the word, so that we may speak the sacred secret of the Christ—for the sake of which also I am in bonds,

2 Thessalonians 3:1For the rest, brethren, be praying for us,—that, the word of the Lord, may be running, and gaining glory, according as [it did] even with you;

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 1:8-12

Paul's Sincerity and Affliction. ( a. d. 57.) 7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation. 8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: 9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: 10 Who delivered us from so great a… Read the whole commentary →

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