2 Corinthians 4:11
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.
KJV
ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡμεῖς οἱ ζῶντες εἰς θάνατον παραδιδόμεθα διὰ Ἰησοῦν, ἵνα καὶ ἡ ζωὴ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ φανερωθῇ ἐν τῇ θνητῇ σαρκὶ ἡμῶν.
Greek NT
Semper enim nos, qui vivimus, in mortem tradimur propter Jesum : ut et vita Jesu manifestetur in carne nostra mortali.
Vulgate
For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
ASV
For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake: that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
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In the original Greek
17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
ζάω
zao
verb · 140×
ζωή
zoe
noun · 135×
θάνατος
thanatos
noun · 120×
θνητός
thnetos
adjective · 6×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
παραδίδωμι
paradidomi
verb · 119×
σάρξ
sarx
noun · 147×
φανερόω
phaneroo
verb · 49×
ἀεί
aei
adverb · 7×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
In the dead who were raised by Christ we possess the highest proof of the resurrection; and our hearts are shown to be capable of life eternal, because they can now receive the Spirit of God. 1. Let our opponents — that is, they who speak against their own salvation— inform us [as to this point]: The deceased daughter of the high priest; the widow's dead son, who was being carr…
20. Again, when the Bishops said that the Word must be described as the True Power and Image of the Father, in all things exact and like the Father, and as unalterable, and as always, and as in Him without division (for never was the Word not, but He was always, existing everlastingly with the Father, as the radiance of light), Eusebius and his fellows endured indeed, as not da…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 15:31 — I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our LORD, I die daily.
- 1Cor 15:49 — And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
- 1Cor 15:53 — For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
- 1Cor 15:54 — So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
- 2Cor 5:4 — For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
- Luke 21:17 — And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.
- Matt 5:11 — Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
- Matt 10:22 — And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
- Ps 44:22 — Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
- Rom 6:12 — Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
- Rom 8:10 — And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
- Rom 8:11 — But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
- Rom 8:11 — But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
- Rom 8:36 — As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
- Rom 15:30 — Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;