2 Corinthians 4:12
So then, death is working in us, but life in you.
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- 2 Cor 13:9 : 9 For we are glad when we are feeble and you are strong: and this is our prayer, even that you may be made complete.
- 1 Cor 4:10 : 10 We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.
- 1 John 3:16 : 16 In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.
- Acts 20:24 : 24 But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.
- 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 And I will gladly give all I have for your souls. If I have the more love for you, am I to be loved the less?
- Phil 2:17 : 17 And even if I am offered like a drink offering, giving myself for the cause and work of your faith, I am glad and have joy with you all:
- Phil 2:30 : 30 Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, putting his life in danger to make your care for me complete.
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6 Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;
8 Troubles are round us on every side, but we are not shut in; things are hard for us, but we see a way out of them;
9 We are cruelly attacked, but not without hope; we are made low, but we are not without help;
10 In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies.
11 For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.
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8 For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:
9 Yes, we ourselves have had the answer of death in ourselves, so that our hope might not be in ourselves, but in God who is able to give life to the dead:
10 Who gave us salvation from so great a death: on whom we have put our hope that he will still go on to give us salvation;
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13 But having the same spirit of faith, as it is said in the Writings, The words of my mouth came from the faith in my heart; in the same way, our words are the outcome of our faith;
14 Because we are certain that he who made the Lord Jesus come back from the dead, will do the same for us, and will give us a place in his glory with you.
15 For we go through all things on account of you, because the greater the number to whom the grace is given, the greater is the praise to the glory of God.
16 For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.
17 For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;
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10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11 But if the Spirit of him who made Jesus come again from the dead is in you, he who made Christ Jesus come again from the dead will in the same way, through his Spirit which is in you, give life to your bodies which now are under the power of death.
12 So then, my brothers, we are in debt, not to the flesh to be living in the way of the flesh:
13 For if you go in the way of the flesh, death will come on you; but if by the Spirit you put to death the works of the body, you will have life.
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7 Because he who is dead is free from sin.
8 But if we are dead with Christ, we have faith that we will be living with him;
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4 For he was feeble in that he was put to death on the cross, but he is living by the power of God. And we are feeble in him, but we will be living with him through the power of God in relation to you.
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6 Who has made us able to be servants of a new agreement; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter gives death, but the Spirit gives life.
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7 For every man's life and every man's death has a relation to others as well as to himself.
8 As long as we have life we are living to the Lord; or if we give up our life it is to the Lord; so if we are living, or if our life comes to an end, we are the Lord's.
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4 For truly, we who are in this tent do give out cries of weariness, for the weight of care which is on us; not because we are desiring to be free from the body, but so that we may have our new body, and death may be overcome by life.
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14 For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death;
15 And that he underwent death for all, so that the living might no longer be living to themselves, but to him who underwent death for them and came back from the dead.
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10 Who was put to death for us, so that, awake or sleeping, we may have a part in his life.
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15 For we are a sweet perfume of Christ to God in those who are getting salvation and in those who are going to destruction;
16 To the one it is a perfume of death to death; to the other a perfume of life to life. And who is enough for such things?
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11 This is a true saying: If we undergo death with him, then will we be living with him:
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9 Unnoted, but still kept fully in mind; as near to death, but still living; as undergoing punishment, but not put to death;
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10 For his death was a death to sin, but his life now is a life which he is living to God.
11 Even so see yourselves as dead to sin, but living to God in Christ Jesus.
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2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
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3 For your life on earth is done, and you have a secret life with Christ in God.
4 At the coming of Christ who is our life, you will be seen with him in glory.
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1 For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong:
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1 And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins,
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10 But has now been made clear by the revelation of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who put an end to death and made life unending come to light through the good news,
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8 For it is life to us if you keep your faith in the Lord unchanged.
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4 We have been placed with him among the dead through baptism into death: so that as Christ came again from the dead by the glory of the Father, we, in the same way, might be living in new life.
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6 For this was the reason why the good news of Jesus was given even to the dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but might be living before God in the spirit.
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3 It is not with the purpose of judging you that I say this: for I have said before that you are in our hearts for life and death together.
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22 For as in Adam death comes to all, so in Christ will all come back to life.
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2 In no way. How may we, who are dead to sin, be living in it any longer?
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6 For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:
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21 For to me life is Christ and death is profit.
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5 Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation),