2 CORINTHIANS 4:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“So then death worketh in us, but life in you.”
So then, death is working in us, but life is working in you — the mechanics are paradoxical: Paul's death-participation (thanatos) operates toward Corinthian life (zōē). Apostolic self-surrender produces communal vitality. The formula 'death works in us, life works in you' captures vicarious ministry.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 4:12
“So then death works in us, but life in you.” Speaking no more of death in the strict sense , but of trials and of rest. 'For we indeed,' he says, 'are in perils and trials, but you in rest; reaping the life which is the fruit of these perils. And we indeed endure the dangerous, but you enjoy the good things; for you undergo not so great trials.'
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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