2 Corinthians 4:12

So then death worketh in us, but life in you. Death worketh in us, etc. - We apostles are in continual danger, and live a dying life; while you who have received this Gospel from us are in no danger.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So then death worketh in us - We are exposed to death. The preaching of the gospel exposes us to trials which may be regarded as death working in...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(7) So then death worketh in us, but life in you. (7) A very wise conclusion: as if he would say, "Therefore, to be short, we die that you may live...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

It is true that the splendid character of this ministry is for the present obscured by the earthly and physical conditions under which it is discharg...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

worketh. Greek. energeo. See Romans 7:5 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. Hence death indeed. This is said ironically, because it was unseemly that the Corinthians should live happily, and in accordance with th...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

So then death worketh in us,— Or, is wrought in us. "So that the preaching of the Gospel procures sufferings and danger of death to me, but to yo...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So then death worketh in us, but life in you. The "death" of Christ, manifested in the continual 'perishing of our outward man' ( 2 Corinthian...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-6. The messengers of this gospel are not afraid to proclaim it, for they preach Christ, who has revealed the glory of God. 1, 2. Paraphrase. '...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Paraphrase. 'In suffering for Christ's sake we are drawn into close communion with Him who suffered and died on our behalf; and thus sharing His ex...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

So then death worketh in us, but life in you. — “Life” is here clearly used in its higher spiritual sense, as in the preceding verse. We trace in t...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 12 THE VICTORY OF FAITH. 2 Corinthians 4:7-18 (R.V) IN the opening verses of this chapter Paul has magnified his office, and his equip...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Inward Life Triumphant over Affliction 2 Corinthians 4:7-18 Few men have been more conscious of their weakness than was the Apostle. The ea...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Continuing about the ministry, the apostle said, "We faint not," "we have renounced the hidden things of shame," "we preach... Christ Jesus as Lord."...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(8) We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; (9) Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not des...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So then death worketh in us ,.... This is the conclusion of the foregoing account, or the inference deduced from it; either the death, or dying of C...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you. Ver. 12. Death worketh in us ] It hath already seized upon us, but yet we are not...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

We are troubled The four articles in this verse respect inward, the four in the next outward afflictions. In each clause the former part shows the...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter s 4 and 5 now show some of the precious, practical results of this ministry, seen in those entrusted with it; for it is such a ministry itsel...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Apostles' Sufferings and Supports. A. D. 57....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

You see the difference between us and you; either the real difference, or the fancied difference. We are killed all the day long, in deaths often, de...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘So then death works in us, but life in you.' A further contrast is given, that the death that works in them, crucifying their flesh with its worldly...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Consideration of the Consequences of the Difference In the Two Covenants ( 2 Corinthians 4:12-18 ) Having been described as earthen vessels, the p...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 4:8 .—“Pressed for room, and still having room” (Stanley). “Perplexed, but not utterly perplexed” (Beet). Apparent,...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Corinthians 4:1 . Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; It is a very high privilege to be called to...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Corinthians 4:1 . Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;-- We are sometimes ready to faint, but we ca...
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2 Corinthians 4:1-2 . Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; but have renounced the hidden things of dish...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Corinthians 4:1 . Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; Stern was the labour of the apostles, but th...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 4:1 . Seeing we have this ministry, of grace and reconciliation to a guilty world; the ministry of righteousness, not of condemnatio...
The Biblical Illustrator

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed. Trials in the cause of Christ I. The trials encountered in the cause of Christ are sometimes...
The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul's bodily weakness:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

So, then, death worketh in us, but life in you. Here the great humility of Paul is again evident, since he says that the glorious ministry with wh...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:10 ; 1 John 3:16 ; 2 Corinthians 12:15 ; 2 Corinthians 13:9 ; Acts 20:24 ; Philippians 2:17 ; Philippians 2:30
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

So then death worketh in us, but life in you — You live in peace; we die daily. Yet — Living or dying, so long as we believe, we cannot but speak.

¹² So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 4:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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