Death worketh in us (ο θανατος εν ημιν ενεργειτα). Middle voice present tense of the old verb to operate, be at work. Physical dea…

So then death worketh in us. We are exposed to death. The preaching of the gospel exposes us to trials which may be regarded as death work…

So then death worketh in us, but life in you.—“Life” is here clearly used in its higher spiritual sense, as in the preceding verse.

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For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. So then …

With a bold stroke, Paul relates this theme of life in the midst of death to his earlier statements in ch. 1 about vicarious suffering (1:3–7). The…

Thus, death indeed. This is said ironically, because it was unfitting that the Corinthians should live happily and according to their desi…

So then death works in us
This is the conclusion of the foregoing account, or the inference deduced from it; either …

The apostles were great sufferers, yet they met with wonderful support. Believers may be forsaken by their friends, as well as persecuted by enemie…

Having mentioned the patience of the apostles in the midst of evils and revealed the cause of that patience, the Apostle now explains these points.…