2 Corinthians 11:2 - Compare All Versions
2 Corinthians 11:2 NIV (New International Version)
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him.
2 Corinthians 11:2 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:2 NLT (New Living Translation)
For I am jealous for you with the jealousy of God himself. I promised you as a pure bride to one husband—Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:2 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy, because I have promised you in marriage to one husband — to present a pure virgin to Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:2 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.
2 Corinthians 11:2 NKJV (New King James Version)
For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:1-3 MSG (The Message)
Will you put up with a little foolish aside from me? Please, just for a moment. The thing that has me so upset is that I care about you so much—this is the passion of God burning inside me! I promised your hand in marriage to Christ, presented you as a pure virgin to her husband. And now I’m afraid that exactly as the Snake seduced Eve with his smooth tongue, you are being lured away from the simple purity of your love for Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:2 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:2 AMP (Amplified Bible)
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy because I have promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. [Hos 2:19, 20]
2 Corinthians 11:2 NET (New English Translation)
For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.