2 Corinthians 4:10

always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus Rather, the slaying (Vulg. mortificatio) of the Lord Jesus. So Wiclif. The word is only to be found in Romans 4:19, where it signifies the process by which a thing became dead, i.e. age. The same spirit of hostility to good which put Jesus to death is still at work in the world against His servants. Their sufferings, therefore, for His sake, are a kind of slaying Him anew. Cf. Colossians 1:24.

that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body The life of Jesus dwelling in the hearts of His saints is shewn in the power they possess of enduring, in their often feeble frames, sufferings and toils such as might daunt the strongest men, as well as in the unselfishness which welcomes such sufferings and toils for the glory of God and the well-being of man. Meyer cites Ignatius ad Magnes. 6, "If we do not of our own accord accept death after the manner of His Passion, His Life is not in us."