2 Corinthians 4:8-12

4:8 We are experiencing trouble on every side,¹ but are not crushed; we are perplexed,² but not driven to despair; 4:9 we are persecuted, but not abandoned;³ we are knocked down,⁴ but not destroyed, 4:10 always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus,⁵ so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible⁶ in our body. 4:11 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 visible⁷ in our mortal body.⁸ 4:12 As a result,⁹ death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.¹⁰

2 Corinthians 4:17

4:17 For our momentary, light suffering¹¹ is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison

¹tn Grk “we are hard pressed [by crowds] on every side.”

²tn Or “at a loss.”

³tn Or “forsaken.”

⁴tn 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).

⁵tn 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.”

⁶tn Or “may also be revealed.”

⁷tn Or “may also be revealed.”

⁸tn Grk “mortal flesh.”

⁹tn Or “So then.”

¹⁰tn Grk “death is at work in us, but life in you”; the phrase “is at work in” is repeated in the translation for clarity.

¹¹tn Grk “momentary lightness of affliction.”