2 Corinthians 4:13

It is written, “I believed, therefore I spoke.” With that same spirit of faith we also believe, therefore we also speak.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;

In Context

12So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

14For we know that he who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us through Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.

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Cross References

Acts 15:11On the contrary, we believe that we are saved by the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way they are.”

1 Corinthians 12:9to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the same Spirit,

Hebrews 11:1Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the conviction of what we do not see.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 4:9-18

The Apostles' Sufferings and Supports. ( a. d. 57.) 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 12 So then death worketh in us, but life in… Read the whole commentary →

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