12 [a]So then death worketh in us, and life in you.

13 [b]And because we have the same [c]spirit of faith, according as it is written, (A)I believed, and therefore have I spoken, we also believe, and therefore speak,

14 Knowing that he which hath raised up the Lord Jesus, shall raise us up also by Jesus, and shall set us with you.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 4:12 A very cunning conclusion: as if he would say, Therefore to be short, we die, that you may live by our death, for that they ventured into all those dangers for the building of the Church’s sake, and they ceased not to confirm all the faithful with the examples of their patience.
  2. 2 Corinthians 4:13 He declareth the former sentence, showing that he and his fellows die in a sort to purchase life to others, but yet notwithstanding they are partakers of the same life with them: because they themselves do first believe that, which they propound to others to believe, to wit, that they also shall be saved together with them in Christ.
  3. 2 Corinthians 4:13 The same faith by the inspiration of the same Spirit.

12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.(A)

13 It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.”[a](B) Since we have that same spirit of[b] faith,(C) we also believe and therefore speak, 14 because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead(D) will also raise us with Jesus(E) and present us with you to himself.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 4:13 Psalm 116:10 (see Septuagint)
  2. 2 Corinthians 4:13 Or Spirit-given