KJV King James Version
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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2 Corinthians 11:2
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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,
Surrounding context — 2 Corinthians 11
1 Would to God ye could bear with me a little in [my] folly: and indeed bear with me.
2 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.
3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or [if] ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with [him].
5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
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ζηλῶG2206 · zēloōbe eagerγὰρG1063 · garforὑμᾶςG4771 · suyouθεοῦG2316 · theosGodζήλῳ·G2205 · zēloszealἡρμοσάμηνG718 · harmozōto betrothγὰρG1063 · garforὑμᾶςG4771 · suyouἑνὶG1520 · ehisoneἀνδρὶG435 · anērmanπαρθένονG3933 · parthenosvirginἁγνὴνG53 · hagnospureπαραστῆσαιG3936 · paristēmito stand byτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoΧριστῷ,G5547 · ChristosChrist
Cross-references
Hosea 2:19-20And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.Ephesians 5:26-27That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,Isaiah 54:5For thy Maker [is] thine husband; the LORD of hosts [is] his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.Colossians 1:28Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:John 3:29He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.Leviticus 21:13-15And he shall take a wife in her virginity.Isaiah 62:4-5Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.Romans 7:4Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, [even] to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.Psalm 45:10-11Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;Genesis 24:58-67And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.2 Corinthians 4:14Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present [us] with you.Philippians 1:8For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.Galatians 4:17-19They zealously affect you, [but] not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.Ezekiel 44:22Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.Genesis 24:2-5And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:1 Corinthians 4:15For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet [have ye] not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.1 Thessalonians 2:11As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father [doth] his children,Galatians 4:11I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
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