Bible Strands
2 Corinthians 4:10
We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul writes to the Corinthian church during a period of active persecution, addressing believers who face external opposition while he explains the purpose of his ongoing physical affliction. He frames his personal suffering within the apostolic ministry to show how present hardship functions under divine authority.
The words — The Greek νεκρωσιν (nekrōsin) literally means "death" or "being put to death," paired with πάντοτε (pantote) for "always." Together they establish a continuous, bodily bearing of Jesus' death rather than a single spiritual event.
The thread — This pattern of bearing death to reveal life appears in Romans 6:5, which links believers to Christ through death and resurrection, and 2 Timothy 2:11, which promises life with Him after dying with Him. 1 Peter 4:13 similarly connects sharing Christ's sufferings to the future revelation of His glory.
Why it lands — The text states that physical suffering is the means by which Jesus' life is displayed in the believer's body. It requires the reader to accept present affliction not as abandonment but as the necessary condition for divine vitality to become visible.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Romans 6:5 For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection.
- 2 Timothy 2:11 This is a trustworthy saying: If we died with Him, we will also live with Him;
- 1 Peter 4:13 But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.
- Romans 6:8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.
- Philippians 3:10 I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,
- Romans 8:17 And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
- 2 Corinthians 13:4 For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. For we are also weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him concerning you.
- Romans 8:36 As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
- Colossians 1:24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
- 2 Corinthians 1:9 Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.