Parallel Verses

Amplified

as unknown [to the world], yet well-known [by God and His people]; as dying, yet we live; as punished, yet not killed;

New American Standard Bible

as unknown yet well-known, as dying yet behold, we live; as punished yet not put to death,

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

as unknown yet recognized;
as dying and look—we live;
as being disciplined yet not killed;

International Standard Version

as unknown and yet well-known, as dying and yet as you see very much alive, as punished and yet not killed,

A Conservative Version

as unknown, and well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not put to death;

American Standard Version

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

An Understandable Version

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;

Anderson New Testament

as unknown, yet well-known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and yet not put to death;

Bible in Basic English

Unnoted, but still kept fully in mind; as near to death, but still living; as undergoing punishment, but not put to death;

Common New Testament

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

Daniel Mace New Testament

as unknown, and yet celebrated; as dying, and yet I am alive; as chastised, but not slain;

Darby Translation

as unknown, and well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as disciplined, and not put to death;

Godbey New Testament

as being unknown, and perfectly known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and not killed;

Goodspeed New Testament

obscure, when I am well known, at the point of death, yet here I am alive, punished, but not dead yet,

John Wesley New Testament

as dying, yet behold we live; as chastened, yet not killed;

Julia Smith Translation

As being ignorant, and knowing; as dying, and, behold, we live; as being disciplined, and not killed;

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

as unknown and [yet] known completely, as dying, and behold, we go on living, as disciplined, and [yet] not put to death,

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

as unknown, and yet known, as dying - and behold we yet live - as chastened and not killed,

Moffatt New Testament

'unknown' but well-known, dying but here I am alive, chastened but not killed,

Montgomery New Testament

as unknown and yet well known; as at death's door, yet, strange to tell, I live on; as chastened, but not killed;

NET Bible

as unknown, and yet well-known; as dying and yet -- see! -- we continue to live; as those who are scourged and yet not executed;

New Heart English Bible

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

Noyes New Testament

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

Sawyer New Testament

as unknown and well-known, as dying and behold we live, as chastened and not killed,

The Emphasized Bible

as unknown, and yet well-known, as dying, and lo! we live, as disciplined, and yet not put to death,

Thomas Haweis New Testament

as unknown, though well known; as dying, and lo! we live; as chastened, yet not given over to death;

Twentieth Century New Testament

As unknown, yet well-known; as at death's door, yet, see, we are living; as chastised, yet not killed;

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

as obscure persons, and yet are well known; as on the point of death, and yet, strange to tell, we live; as under God's discipline, and yet we are not deprived of life;

Williams New Testament

obscure and yet well-known, on the point of dying and yet I go on living, punished and yet not put to death,

World English Bible

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

Worrell New Testament

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

Worsley New Testament

as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, but not put to death;

Youngs Literal Translation

as unknown, and recognized; as dying, and lo, we live; as chastened, and not put to death;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
As
ὡς 
Hos 
as, when, how, as it were, about,
Usage: 417

G50
ἀγνοέω 
Agnoeo 
Usage: 22

and





and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

ἐπιγινώσκω 
Epiginosko 
Usage: 37

as
ὡς 
Hos 
ὡς 
Hos 
as, when, how, as it were, about,
as, when, how, as it were, about,
Usage: 417
Usage: 417

ἀποθνήσκω 
Apothnesko 
die, be dead, be at the point of death +9, perish, lie a dying, be slain +, vr dead
Usage: 93

ἰδού 
Idou 
behold, lo, see
Usage: 140

we live
ζάω 
Zao 
live, be alive, alive, quick, lively, not tr, , vr live
Usage: 115

παιδεύω 
Paideuo 
Usage: 12

not
μή 
me 
not, no, that not, God forbid 9, lest, neither, no man , but, none, not translated,
Usage: 493

Devotionals

Devotionals containing 2 Corinthians 6:9

References

Fausets

Context Readings

Afflictions Of God's Servants

8 amid glory and dishonor; by evil report and good report; branded as deceivers and yet [vindicated as] truthful; 9 as unknown [to the world], yet well-known [by God and His people]; as dying, yet we live; as punished, yet not killed; 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet bestowing riches on many; as having nothing, yet possessing all things.



Cross References

Romans 8:36

Just as it is written and forever remains written,

For Your sake we are put to death all day long;
We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.”

1 Corinthians 4:9

For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles at the end of the line, like men sentenced to death [and paraded as prisoners in a procession], because we have become a spectacle to the world [a show in the world’s amphitheater], both to angels and to men.

2 Corinthians 4:10-11

always carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the [resurrection] life of Jesus also may be shown in our body.

2 Corinthians 1:8-10

For we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about our trouble in [the west coast province of] Asia [Minor], how we were utterly weighed down, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life [itself].

2 Corinthians 11:6

But even if I am unskilled in speaking, yet I am not [untrained] in knowledge [I know what I am talking about]; but we have made this evident to you in every way, in all things.

Psalm 118:17-18


I will not die, but live,
And declare the works and recount the illustrious acts of the Lord.

Acts 17:18

And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to engage in conversation with him. And some said, “What could this idle babbler [with his eclectic, scrap-heap learning] have in mind to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities”—because he was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.

Acts 19:26

You see and hear that not only at Ephesus, but almost all over [the province of] Asia, this Paul has persuaded [people to believe his teaching] and has misled a large number of people, claiming that gods made by [human] hands are not really gods at all.

Acts 21:37-38

Just as Paul was about to be taken into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” And the man replied, “Do you know Greek?

Acts 25:14-15

While they were spending many days there, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a man here who was left as a prisoner by Felix.

Acts 25:19

instead they had some points of disagreement with him about their own religion and about one Jesus, a man who had died, but whom Paul kept asserting and insisting [over and over] to be alive.

Acts 25:26

But I have nothing specific about him to write to my lord. So I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the investigation has taken place, I will have something to put in writing.

Romans 15:19

with the power of signs and wonders, [and all of it] in the power of the Spirit. So [starting] from Jerusalem and as far away as Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel [faithfully preaching the good news] of Christ [where it had not before been preached].

1 Corinthians 11:32

But when we [fall short and] are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined [by undergoing His correction] so that we will not be condemned [to eternal punishment] along with the world.

1 Corinthians 15:31

I assure you, believers, by the pride which I have in you in [your union with] Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily [I face death and die to self].

2 Corinthians 4:2

But we have renounced the disgraceful things hidden because of shame; not walking in trickery or adulterating the word of God, but by stating the truth [openly and plainly], we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.

2 Corinthians 5:11

Therefore, since we know the fear of the Lord [and understand the importance of obedience and worship], we persuade people [to be reconciled to Him]. But we are plainly known to God [He knows everything about us]; and I hope that we are plainly known also in your consciences [your God-given discernment].

Galatians 1:22-24

And I was still unknown by sight to the churches which were in Christ in Judea (Jerusalem and the surrounding region);

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