2 Corinthians 11:2 BSB

2 Corinthians 11:2

I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

BSB

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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.

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.

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Commentary

5 voices

Methodius of Olympus

Methodius Discourse III. Thaleia (311)

For those who are the better, and who embrace the truth more clearly, being delivered from the evils of the flesh, become, on account of their perfect purification and faith, a church and help-meet of Christ, betrothed and given in marriage to Him as a virgin, according to the apostle,

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Tertullian

Against Marcion Book V (220)

When also he (in a later passage) enjoins us "to cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of flesh and blood" (since this substance enters not the kingdom of Gods ); when, again, he "espouses the church as a chaste virgin to Christ," a spouse to a spouse in very deed, an image cannot be combined and compared with what is opposed to the real nature the thing (with which it is compared).

The Reformation1 voice

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

That on the other hand, is the only pious and right zeal, that has an eye to God, that he may not be defrauded of the honors that of right belong to him. For I have united you to one man. That his zeal was of such a nature, he proves from the design of his preaching, for its tendency was to join them to Christ in marriage, and retain them in connection with him.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I am jealous over you, etc. - The apostle evidently alludes either to the שושבינים shoshabinim or paranymphs among the Hebrews, whose office is largely explained in the notes on Joh 3:29, and the observations at the end of that chapter (see note at Joh 3:36); or to the harmosyni, a sort of magistrates among the Lacedemonians who had the care of virgins, and whose business it was to see them well educated, kept pure, and properly prepared for married life.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

What Paul here says he desires to do, namely, "present" the Church as "a chaste virgin" to Christ, Christ Himself is said to do in the fuller sense. Whatever ministers do effectively, is really done by Christ (Eph 5:27-32).

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ζηλῶ	zēlō	I am jealous as to	G2206 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
ζήλῳ·	zēlō	with [the] jealousy;	G2205 →
ἡρμοσάμην	hērmosamēn	I have betrothed	G718 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
ἑνὶ	heni	to one	G1520 →
ἀνδρὶ	andri	husband	G435 →
παρθένον	parthenon	a virgin	G3933 →
ἁγνὴν	hagnēn	pure	G53 →
παραστῆσαι	parastēsai	to present	G3936 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
Χριστῷ,	Christō	to Christ,	G5547 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 54:5
For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
leads to
- Ephesians 5:25–27
  Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Hosea 2:19–20
  So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
- Ezekiel 16:8
  Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Corinthians 11:2–3
  I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
Through
Colossians 1:28
We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.
leads to
- Ephesians 5:27
  and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
- Jeremiah 3:15
  Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”
- Ephesians 4:11–13
  And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
- Matthew 5:48
  Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About 2 Corinthians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About 2 Corinthians