2 Corinthians 11:2 Parallel Translations

I'm as protective of you as God is. After all, you're a virgin whom I promised in marriage to one man-Christ.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

ASV:

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I espoused you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

BBE:

For I have a very great care for you: because you have been married by me to one husband, and it is my desire to give you completely holy to Christ.

DBY:

For I am jealous as to you with a jealousy which is of God; for I have espoused you unto one man, to present you a chaste virgin to Christ.

ERV:

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I espoused you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

WEY:

I am jealous over you with God's own jealousy. For I have betrothed you to Christ to present you to Him like a faithful bride to her one husband.

WBS:

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

WEB:

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

YLT:

for I am zealous for you with zeal of God, for I did betroth you to one husband, a pure virgin, to present to Christ,

2 Corinthians 11:2 Cross References

XREF:

Hosea 2:19 "I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice, In lovingkindness and in compassion,

2 Corinthians 4:14 knowing that He who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and will present us with you.

Ephesians 5:26 so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

11:2 For I am jealous over you with {a} godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may {b} present [you as] a chaste virgin to Christ.
(a) He speaks as one who woos them, but yet as one that seeks them not for himself, but for God.
(b) To marry you together.

PNT:

11:2 I am jealous over you with godly jealousy. His course was induced because of his jealousy for them, not in behalf of himself, but of Christ. He had espoused them to Christ, the Bridegroom of whom the church is the bride (Re 21:2). He has a fear lest this bride may be led astray.

WES:

11:2 For - The cause of his seeming folly is expressed in this and the following verse ; the cause why they should bear with him, 2Cor 11:4.

MHC:

11:1-4 The apostle desired to preserve the Corinthians from being corrupted by the false apostles. There is but one Jesus, one Spirit, and one gospel, to be preached to them, and received by them; and why should any be prejudiced, by the devices of an adversary, against him who first taught them in faith? They should not listen to men, who, without cause, would draw them away from those who were the means of their conversion.

CONC:

Betroth Betrothed Bride Care Chaste Christ Completely Desire Divine Espoused Faithful Feel Godly God's Holy Husband Jealous Jealousy Married Present Promised Pure Virgin Zeal Zealous

Betrothed Bride Care Chaste Christ Completely Desire Divine Espoused Faithful Feel Godly God's Great Husband Jealous Jealousy Married Present Promised Pure Virgin Zeal Zealous

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