2 Corinthians 4:11

For, evermore, we, the living, unto death are being delivered, for Jesus’ sake, in order that, the life also of Jesus, may be made manifest in our mortal flesh:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10At all times, the putting to death of Jesus, in our body, bearing about, in order that, the life also of Jesus, in our body, may be made manifest;

12So that, his death, in us, doth energise, but, his life, in you.

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Cross References

Psalms 141:7As when one plougheth and furroweth the earth, Scattered about, are our bones at the mouth of hades!

Romans 8:36According as it is written—For thy sake, are we being put to death all the day long, we have been reckoned as sheep for slaughter.—

1 Corinthians 15:49And, even as we have borne the image of the man of earth, let us also bear the image of the man of heaven.

2 Corinthians 5:4And verily, we who are in the tent, do sigh, being weighed down, while yet we are not wishing to unclothe ourselves, but to clothe ourselves over,—in order that, what is mortal, may be swallowed up, by 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 →

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