2 Corinthians 4:11-12 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 you.

The Apostle Paul says likewise in Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. His life is given over to God and he sought to die daily to self-will and to live daily in Christ’s will. In so doing, his life and that of his gospel team-mates became a blessing to the church at Corinth. He sought for their spiritual welfare and advancement. He was willing to suffer, even persecution, physical pain and torment at the hands of those unfriendly to the progress of God’s kingdom.