2 Corinthians 4:12

So then death works in us, but life in you.

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WEBBE

So then death works in us, but life in you.

BSB

So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

KJV

So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

ASV

So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

BBE

So then, death is working in us, but life in you.

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ὥστε hōste So then G5620 ὁ ho (the) G3588 μὲν men indeed G3303 θάνατος thanatos death G2288 ἐν en in G1722 ἡμῖν hēmin us G3165 ἐνεργεῖται energeitai works G1754 ἡ hē (the) G3588 δὲ de however G1161 ζωὴ zōē life G2222 ἐν en in G1722 ὑμῖν.¶ humin you G4771

The early church

"So then death worketh in us, but life in you." Speaking no more of death in the strict sense, but of trials and of rest. 'For we indeed,' he says, 'are in perils and trials, but ye in rest; reaping the life which is the fruit of these perils. And we indeed endure the dangerous, but ye enjoy the good things; for ye undergo not so great trials.'
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on 2 Corinthians

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 8–12

The apostles were great sufferers, yet they met with wonderful support. Believers may be forsaken of their friends, as well as persecuted by enemies; but their God will never leave them nor forsake them. There may be fears within, as well as fightings without; yet we are not destroyed. The apostle speaks of their sufferings as a counterpart of the sufferings of Christ, that people might see the power of Christ's resurrection, and of grace in and from the living Jesus. In comparison with them, other Christians were, even at that time, in prosperous circumstances.

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