2 Corinthians 4:11

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For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal bodies.

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  • Rom 8:36 : 36 As it is written: 'For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.'
  • Ps 44:22 : 22 would God not have discovered this? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
  • 2 Cor 5:4 : 4 For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
  • Ps 141:7 : 7 As one plows the earth and breaks it apart, so are our bones scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
  • Rom 8:11 : 11 And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who lives in you.
  • 1 Cor 15:31 : 31 I face death every day—yes, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • 1 Cor 15:49 : 49 And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.
  • 1 Cor 15:53-54 : 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled: 'Death is swallowed up in victory.'

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    7But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

    8We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

    9persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

    10We always carry in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be displayed in our body.

  • 2 Cor 4:12-18
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    12So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

    13Since we have the same spirit of faith in accordance with what is written: 'I believed, therefore I spoke,' we also believe and therefore speak.

    14We know that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you.

    15All this is for your benefit, so that grace, having increased through the many, may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.

    16Therefore, we do not lose heart. Even though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

    17For our momentary and light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.

    18So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

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    4For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

  • 2 Cor 1:8-10
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    8For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, of the trouble we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself.

    9Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened so that we would not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.

    10He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us again. On Him we have set our hope that He will continue to deliver us,

  • Rom 14:7-8
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    7For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone.

    8If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

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    11This saying is trustworthy: If we have died with Him, we will also live with Him.

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    4For though He was crucified in weakness, He lives by the power of God. Likewise, we are weak in Him, but we will live with Him by God’s power for your benefit.

  • 2 Cor 5:13-15
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    13If we are out of our mind, as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.

    14For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.

    15And he died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised.

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    10He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.

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    9as unknown, yet well-known; as dying, yet behold, we live; as disciplined, but not put to death;

  • Rom 8:36
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    36As it is written: 'For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.'

  • 1 Cor 15:30-31
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    30And why are we in danger every hour?

    31I face death every day—yes, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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    8Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.

  • Phil 1:20-21
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    20My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed in anything, but that with all boldness, now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

    21For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

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    9For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like those condemned to die in the arena. We have been made a spectacle to the whole world—to angels as well as to men.

    10We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored!

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    5For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

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    13For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

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    10For the death He died, He died to sin once for all time; but the life He lives, He lives to God.

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    6Therefore, we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.

    7(For we live by faith, not by sight.)

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    1Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body on our behalf, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body has ceased from sin.

  • 2 Cor 2:15-16
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    15For we are the fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.

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    22would God not have discovered this? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

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    4Therefore, we were buried with Him by baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.