I don’t care about my own life. The most important thing is that I finish my work. I want to finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do—to tell people the Good News about God’s grace (kindness).
2 Corinthians 4:12 - Easy To Read Version So death is working in us, but life is working in you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So then death worketh in us, but life in you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus death is actively at work in us, but [it is in order that our] life [may be actively at work] in you. American Standard Version (1901) So then death worketh in us, but life in you. Common English Bible So death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, death is at work in us, and life is at work in you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So then death worketh in us, but life in you. |
I don’t care about my own life. The most important thing is that I finish my work. I want to finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do—to tell people the Good News about God’s grace (kindness).
We are fools for Christ. But \{you think\} you are very wise in Christ. We are weak, but \{you think\} you are strong. People give you honor, but they don’t honor us.
So I am happy to give everything I have for you. I will even give myself for you. If I love you more, will you love me less?
We are happy to be weak, if you are strong. And we pray that you will grow stronger and stronger.
We are alive, but for Jesus we are always in danger of death. This happens to us so that the life of Jesus can be seen in our bodies that die.
The Scriptures {\cf2\super [18]} say, “I believed, so I spoke.” {\cf2\super [19]} Our faith is like that too. We believe, and so we speak.
Your faith makes you give your lives as a sacrifice {\cf2\super [13]} in serving God. Maybe I will have to offer my own blood (death) with your sacrifice. But if that happens, I will be happy and full of joy with all of you.
He should be honored because he almost died for the work of Christ. He put his life in danger so that he could help me. This was help that you could not give me.
This is how we know what real love is: Jesus gave his life for us. So we should give our lives for our brothers and sisters \{in Christ\}.