"As unknown, and {yet} well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;" — 2 Corinthians 6:9

2 Corinthians 6:9 · KJV

“As unknown, and {yet} well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;”

— 2 Corinthians 6:9

Verse 8

By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and {yet} true;

Verse 10

As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and {yet} possessing all things.

2 Corinthians 6 — Context

By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and {yet} true;

As unknown, and {yet} well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and {yet} possessing all things.

O {ye} Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 4:10-11

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.

Romans 8:36

As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

2 Corinthians 4:2

But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. {dishonesty: Gr. shame}

2 Corinthians 1:8-10

For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

1 Corinthians 4:9

For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. {us...: or, us the last apostles, as} {spectacle: Gr. theatre}

Psalms 118:17-18

I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.

2 Corinthians 11:6

But though {I be} rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.

1 Corinthians 15:31

I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. {your: some read, our}