2 Corinthians 1:11 (GNV)

Passage

So that ye labour together in prayer for vs, that for the gift bestowed vpon vs for many, thankes may be giuen by many persons for vs.

Nearby Context

2 Corinthians 1:9 Yea, we receiued the sentence of death in our selues, because we shoulde not trust in our selues, but in God, which rayseth the dead.

2 Corinthians 1:10 Who deliuered vs from so great a death, and doeth deliuer vs: in whom we trust, that yet hereafter he will deliuer vs,

2 Corinthians 1:11 So that ye labour together in prayer for vs, that for the gift bestowed vpon vs for many, thankes may be giuen by many persons for vs.

2 Corinthians 1:12 For our reioycing is this, the testimonie of our conscience, that in simplicitie and godly purenesse, and not in fleshly wisedome, but by the grace of God wee haue had our conuersation in the worlde, and most of all to you wardes.

2 Corinthians 1:13 For wee write none other thinges vnto you, then that ye reade or els that ye acknowledge, and I trust ye shall acknowledge vnto ye end.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "labour", "together", "prayer", "gift", "bestowed", "vpon", "thankes", and "giuen". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "labour" and "together", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "Who deliuered vs from so great a..." into verse 12's "For our reioycing is this the testimonie...", so "labour" and "together" belong inside that flow. In 2 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "labour" and "together" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.