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2 Corinthians 13:4

For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

KJV

καὶ γὰρ ἐσταυρώθη ἐξ ἀσθενείας, ἀλλὰ ζῇ ἐκ δυνάμεως θεοῦ. καὶ γὰρ ἡμεῖς ἀσθενοῦμεν ἐν αὐτῷ, ἀλλὰ ζήσομεν σὺν αὐτῷ ἐκ δυνάμεως θεοῦ εἰς ὑμᾶς.

Greek NT

Nam etsi crucifixus est ex infirmitate : sed vivit ex virtute Dei. Nam et nos infirmi sumus in illo : sed vivemus cum eo ex virtute Dei in vobis.

Vulgate

for he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him through the power of God toward you.

ASV

For although he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him: but we shall live with him by the power of God towards you.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δύναμις
dunamis
noun · 119×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
ζάω
zao
verb · 140×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
σταυρόω
stauroo
verb · 46×
σύν
sun
preposition · 129×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀσθένεια
astheneia
noun · 24×
ἀσθενέω
astheneo
verb · 34×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: γὰρ | WH/Treg/NIV: γὰρ | RP: + εἰ
  • γὰρSBLGNT
  • γὰρWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + εἰRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ζήσομεν | WH/Treg/NIV: ζήσομεν | RP: ζησόμεθα
  • ζήσομενSBLGNT
  • ζήσομενWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ζησόμεθαRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§648Christ's Resurrection is an object of faith in that it is a transcendent intervention of God himself in creation and history. In it the three divine persons act together as one, and manifest their own proper characteristics. the Father's power "raised up" Christ his Son and by doing so perfectly introduced his Son's humanity, including his body, into the Trinity. Jesus is concl…
Chapter 2.—What Was Prophetically Prefigured in the Sons of Noah. The things which then were hidden are now sufficiently revealed by the actual events which have followed. For who can carefully and intelligently consider these things without recognizing them accomplished in Christ? Shem, of whom Christ was born in the flesh, means “named.” And what is of greater name than Chris…
1. The Parable of the Tares: the House of Jesus. Then He left the multitudes and went into His house, and His disciples came unto Him saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. Matthew 13:36 When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His love of men to leave t…
Summa Theologica · 2 passages
Did Christ's Passion bring about our salvation by way of merit? Was it by way of atonement? Was it by way of sacrifice? Was it by way of redemption? Is it proper to Christ to be the Redeemer? Did the Passion secure man's salvation efficiently? Article 1. Whether Christ's Passion brought about our salvation by way of merit? Objection 1. It would seem that Christ's Passion did no…
The necessity of His Resurrection The time of the Resurrection Its order Its cause Article 1. Whether it was necessary for Christ to rise again? Objection 1. It would seem that it was not necessary for Christ to rise again. For Damascene says (De Fide Orth. iv): "Resurrection is the rising again of an animate being, which was disintegrated and fallen." But Christ did not fall b…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 1:25 — Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
  • 1Cor 2:3 — And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
  • 1Cor 2:3 — And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
  • 1Cor 15:43 — It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
  • 1Cor 15:43 — It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
  • 1Pet 3:18 — For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
  • 1Pet 3:18 — For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
  • 2Cor 4:7 — But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
  • 2Cor 4:7 — But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
  • 2Cor 4:10 — 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.
  • 2Cor 6:7 — By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
  • 2Cor 10:3 — For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
  • 2Cor 12:10 — Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
  • 2Thess 1:12 — That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 2Tim 2:11 — It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
  • 2Tim 2:11 — It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
  • Acts 2:36 — Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
  • Acts 4:10 — Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before y
  • Eccl 8:8 — There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are
  • Eph 1:19 — And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
  • Gal 4:13 — Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
  • Heb 5:7 — Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
  • John 10:18 — No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
  • Luke 20:38 — For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
  • Luke 22:43 — And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.
  • Phil 2:7 — But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
  • Phil 3:10 — That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
  • Phil 3:10 — That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
  • Ps 110:3 — Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
  • Rev 1:18 — I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
  • Rom 1:4 — And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
  • Rom 1:4 — And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
  • Rom 6:4 — Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
  • Rom 6:4 — Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
  • Rom 6:8 — Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
  • Rom 6:8 — Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
  • Rom 14:9 — For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.