10 [a]Everywhere we bear about in our body the [b]dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus might also be made manifest in our bodies.

11 For we which [c]live, are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our [d]mortal flesh.

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

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 4:10 An amplification of the former sentence, wherein he compareth his afflictions to a daily death, and the virtue of the Spirit of God in Christ, to life, which oppresseth that death.
  2. 2 Corinthians 4:10 So Paul calleth that miserable estate and condition, that the faithful, but especially the minsters, are in.
  3. 2 Corinthians 4:11 Which live, that life, to wit, by the Spirit of Christ, amongst so many and so great miseries.
  4. 2 Corinthians 4:11 Subject to that miserable condition.
  5. 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.

10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus,(A) so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.(B) 11 For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake,(C) so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. 12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.(D)

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