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.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
For	γὰρ gar	G1063	properly · conjunction
we	ἡμεῖς hēmeîs	G2249	we (only used when emphatic)
live	ζῶντες zōntes	G2198	to live (literally or figuratively) · verb — present active participle, nominative plural masculine
alway	ἀεὶ aei	G104	"ever · adverb
delivered	παραδιδόμεθα paradidometha	G3860	to surrender · verb — present passive indicative, 1st person plural
unto	εἰς eis	G1519	to or into (indicating the point reached or entered) · preposition
death	θάνατον thanaton	G2288	(properly · noun — accusative singular masculine
for	διὰ dia	G1223	through (in very wide applications · preposition
Jesus’ sake	Ἰησοῦν, Iēsoun	G2424	Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua) · noun — accusative singular masculine, a proper name
that	ἵνα ina	G2443	compare G3588 (ὁ)) · conjunction
life	ζωὴ zōē	G2222	life (literally or figuratively) · noun — nominative singular feminine
also	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
Jesus	Ἰησοῦ Iēsou	G2424	Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua) · noun — genitive singular masculine, a proper name
manifest	φανερωθῇ phanerōthēa	G5319	to render apparent (literally or figuratively) · verb — aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular
in	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
our	ἡμῶν hēmōn	G2257	of (or from) us
mortal	θνητῇ thnētēa	G2349	liable to die · adjective — dative singular feminine
flesh	σαρκὶ sarki	G4561	flesh (as stripped of the skin) · noun — dative singular feminine

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Cross-references

1 Corinthians 15:49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
1 Corinthians 15:53-54 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Psalms 44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Romans 8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
1 Corinthians 15:31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
Romans 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 mor…
2 Corinthians 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 s…
Psalms 141:7 Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 4:8–end

In these verses the apostle gives an account of their courage and patience under all their sufferings, where observe, I. How their sufferings, and patience under them, are declared, Co2 4:8-12. The apostles were great sufferers; therein they followed their Master: Christ had told them that in the world they should have tribulation, and so they had; yet they met with wonderful support, great relief, and many allays of their sorrows. "We are," says the apostle, "troubled on every side, afflicted many ways, and we meet with almost all sorts of troubles; yet not distressed, Co2 4:8. We are not hedged in nor cooped up, because we can see help in God, and help from God, and have liberty of access…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Corinthians 4:11

we which live--in the power of Christ's "life" manifested in us, in our whole man body as well as spirit (Rom 8:10-11; see on Co2 4:10; compare Co2 5:15). Paul regards his preservation amidst so many exposures to "death," by which Stephen and James were cut off, as a standing miracle (Co2 11:23). delivered unto--not by chance; by the ordering of Providence, who shows "the excellency of His power" (Co2 4:7), in delivering unto DEATH His living saints, that He may manifest LIFE also in their dying flesh. "Flesh," the very element of decay (not merely their "body"), is by Him made to manifest life.

Adam Clarke on 2 Corinthians 4:11

For 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.

John Gill on 2 Corinthians 4:10

Always bearing about in the body,.... The Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, read, "in our body"; and the Syriac version, in this and the next clause, reads, "in our bodies", and some copies in this read, "bodies"; continually carrying about with us, in these mortal bodies of ours, wherever we go, the dying of the Lord Jesus; by which is meant, not the doctrine of the sufferings and death of Christ, and of salvation by a crucified Saviour, which they bore and carried about with them in a ministerial way, wherever they came and preached, but the sufferings they themselves underwent: so called, because of the likeness there is between the sufferings of Christ, and theirs; as he was…

The Church Fathers

Paul is saying that Christians are not afraid to die because they have the promise of resurrection.
— Ambrosiaster, COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES

We do not suffer because of doing wrong but for the sake of the body of Christ, which is the church. He suffered for us so that his life, which is eternal, might be made manifest in our mortal bodies, so that they too might become immortal.
— Pelagius, COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 4

But lest any one should here object, that the life of Jesus has even now to be manifested in our body by the discipline of holiness, and patience, and righteousness, and wisdom, in which the Lord's life abounded, the most provident wisdom of the apostle inserts this purpose: "For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that His life may be manifested in our mortal body." In us, therefore, even when dead, does he say that this is to take place in us.
— Tertullian, On the Resurrection of the Flesh

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Dictionary and topics

Afflictions Made Beneficial · In exhibiting the power and faithfulness of God — In exhibiting the power and faithfulness of God
Persecution · OF THE RIGHTEOUS — OF THE RIGHTEOUS

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Corinthians 4:11

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 4:8–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Corinthians 4:11

Adam Clarke on 2 Corinthians 4:11

John Gill on 2 Corinthians 4:10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

2 Corinthians 4:11

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 4:8–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Corinthians 4:11

Adam Clarke on 2 Corinthians 4:11

John Gill on 2 Corinthians 4:10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on 2 Corinthians 4:7-12

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Corinthians 4:11