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2 Corinthians 4:7-11
New English Translation

An Eternal Weight of Glory

7 But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power[a] belongs to God and does not come from us. 8 We are experiencing trouble on every side,[b] but are not crushed; we are perplexed,[c] but not driven to despair; 9 we are persecuted, but not abandoned;[d] we are knocked down,[e] but not destroyed, 10 always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus,[f] so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible[g] in our body. 11 For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible[h] in our mortal body.[i]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 4:7 tn Grk “the surpassingness of the power”; δυνάμεως (dunameōs) has been translated as an attributed genitive (“extraordinary power”).
  2. 2 Corinthians 4:8 tn Grk “we are hard pressed [by crowds] on every side.”
  3. 2 Corinthians 4:8 tn Or “at a loss.”
  4. 2 Corinthians 4:9 tn Or “forsaken.”
  5. 2 Corinthians 4:9 tn 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).
  6. 2 Corinthians 4:10 tn 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.”
  7. 2 Corinthians 4:10 tn Or “may also be revealed.”
  8. 2 Corinthians 4:11 tn Or “may also be revealed.”
  9. 2 Corinthians 4:11 tn Grk “mortal flesh.”
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