Charles Spurgeon Commentary 2 Corinthians 4:10-11

"always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body. For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus` sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh." — 2 Corinthians 4:10-11 (ASV)

Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

So you see, brothers, to have an anticipation of death for oneself is no hindrance to one's work, but a great help to it; to bear in our body the dying of the Lord Jesus is a great help towards the manifestation of the life of Christ. When we begin to reckon that we will live long, we are very apt to live loosely. To live as though tomorrow might be the judgment day, or as though today the King might come in his glory, that is the style of living that is best of all. "A short life and a holy one"—lengthened as God may please, but reckoned by us as short even at its longest—let that be the Christian's motto. As the worldly person says, "A short life and a merry one," we say, "A short life if God so wills it, but a holy one whether it is long or short."