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.
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Gill's Exposition
Always bearing about in the body,.... The Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, read, "in our body"; and the Syriac version, in this and the next clause, reads, "in our bodies", and some…
Barnes' Notes
Always bearing about in the body - The expression used here is designed to show the great perils to which Paul was exposed. And the idea is, that he had on his body the marks, the stripes and marks of…
Adam Clarke
Always bearing about in the body, etc. - Being every moment in danger of losing our lives in the cause of truth, as Jesus Christ was. We, in a word, bear his cross, and are ready to offer up our lives…
In these verses the apostle gives an account of their courage and patience under all their sufferings, where observe,
I. How their sufferings, and patience under them, are declared, Co2 4:8-12. The…
Cambridge Bible
always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus Rather, the slaying (Vulg. mortificatio) of the Lord Jesus. So Wiclif. The word is only to be found in Rom 4:19, where it signifies the…
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