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2 Corinthians 4:9–10

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4:9we are persecuted, but not abandoned;18 we are knocked down,19 but not destroyed, 4:10always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus,20 so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible21 in our body.

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Footnotes

  1. 18 Or “forsaken.”
  2. 19 Or “badly hurt.” It is possible to interpret καταβαλλόμενοι (kataballomenoi) here as “badly hurt“: “[we are] badly hurt, but not destroyed” (L&N 20.21).
  3. 20 The first clause of 2 Cor 4:10 is elliptical and apparently refers to the fact that Paul was constantly in danger of dying in the same way Jesus died (by violence at least). According to L&N 23.99 it could be translated, “at all times we live in the constant threat of being killed as Jesus was.”
  4. 21 Or “may also be revealed.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our bodies.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

we are persecuted but not abandoned; we are struck down but not destroyed. We always carry the death of Jesus in our body, so that the life of Jesus may also be displayed in our body.

NLTNew Living Translation

We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed. Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying around the death of Jesus in our body, in order that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

KJV 1900King James Version

Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 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.