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2 Corinthians 6:9 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

9 as [both] unknown [to people] and yet well-known; [we have almost] died, and yet as you see, we are still alive; [we have been] punished and yet not killed;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

9 [We are treated] as unknown and ignored [by the world], and [yet we are] well-known and recognized [by God and His people]; as dying, and yet here we are alive; as chastened by suffering and [yet] not killed;

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American Standard Version (1901)

9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

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Common English Bible

9 as unknown and well known, as dying—and look, we are alive! We were seen as punished but not killed,

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Catholic Public Domain Version

9 as if dying and yet truly alive; as if chastised and yet not subdued;

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2 Corinthians 6:9
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Just as it is written [Psa. 44:22], “We are [in danger of being] killed all the time. We were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”


But even though I am an unpolished speaker, I am not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way.


Instead, we have renounced [the practice of] secret, disgraceful behavior. We do not practice deception, nor resort to distorting God’s message. But, by making known the truth [i.e., the true message], we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the presence of God.


For I think that God has displayed us apostles last in line, as men doomed to die. [Note: The picture here is that of gladiators in the arena]. We are being stared at [i.e., as performers on a theater stage] for the whole world to see, both angels and people.


Since we [apostles] know [what it means] to revere the Lord, we try to persuade people [i.e., to accept the Gospel, or to acknowledge our integrity]. But we are [already] known to God, and I hope that you also know us in your hearts [i.e., to have integrity].


I face death every day, I assure you brothers, as surely as I boast of [fellowship with] you in Christ Jesus our Lord.


But since we are being judged, we are [also] being disciplined by the Lord, so that we do not have to be condemned along with the world.


in the power demonstrated by [miraculous] signs and wonders, [produced] by the power of the Holy Spirit. So, I have completed preaching the good news about Christ from Jerusalem, all the way around [the area] to Illyricum [Note: This country was located northwest of Greece and in present-day Croatia].


But I do not have anything specific to write to His Majesty. This is the reason I have brought him before this assembly, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after you have questioned him, I would [then] have something [substantial] to write.


All they had was a controversy with him over their own religion and about someone named Jesus, who had died [but] whom Paul alleges is [now] alive.


And now you have seen and heard, not only here in Ephesus, but throughout almost the entire [province of] Asia, that this Paul has been convincing people, [even] to the point of turning many away [from idol worship]. [He is] saying that hand-made gods [like we make] are not real [gods at all].


Also certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers approached him for discussion. Some asked, “What will this know-it-all have to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating [a belief in] some different gods.” [They said this] because he was proclaiming Jesus and the resurrection [of the dead].


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