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2 Corinthians 4:12

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

KJV

ὥστε ὁ θάνατος ἐν ἡμῖν ἐνεργεῖται, ἡ δὲ ζωὴ ἐν ὑμῖν.

Greek NT

Ergo mors in nobis operatur, vita autem in vobis.

Vulgate

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

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
ζωή
zoe
noun · 135×
θάνατος
thanatos
noun · 120×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐνεργέω
energeo
verb · 21×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὥστε
oste
conjunction · 85×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: ὁ | WH/Treg/NIV: ὁ | RP: + μὲν
  • SBLGNT
  • Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + μὲνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 4:10 — We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
  • 1John 3:16 — Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
  • 2Cor 12:15 — And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
  • 2Cor 13:9 — For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
  • Acts 20:24 — But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel
  • Phil 2:17 — Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
  • Phil 2:30 — Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.