2 Korintus 4:8-10

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 visible ⁶  in our body.

2 Korintus 4:12

4:12 As a result, ⁷  death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. ⁸ 

2 Korintus 4:16

4:16 Therefore we do not despair, ⁹  but even if our physical body ¹⁰  is wearing away, our inner person ¹¹  is being renewed day by day.

[4:8]  ¹ tn Grk “we are hard pressed [by crowds] on every side.”

[4:8]  ² tn Or “at a loss.”

[4:9]  ³ tn Or “forsaken.”

[4:9]  ⁴ 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).

[4:10]  ⁵ 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.”

[4:10]  ⁶ tn Or “may also be revealed.”

[4:12]  ⁷ tn Or “So then.”

[4:12]  ⁸ tn Grk “death is at work in us, but life in you”; the phrase “is at work in” is repeated in the translation for clarity.

[4:16]  ⁹ tn Or “do not lose heart.”

[4:16]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “our outer man.”

[4:16]  ¹¹ tn Grk “our inner [man].”