2 Corinthians 4
1 Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
Therefore, having this ministry through the mercy we received, we are not faint-hearted;
2 Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
but have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor adulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
But if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to them that perish,
4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. (aiōn g165)
in whom the God of this world blinded the understandings of the unbelieving, so that they cannot behold the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. (aiōn g165)
5 For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves your bond-servants for Jesus' sake.
6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
For it is God, who commanded light to shine out of darkness, that shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
7 Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not of us;
8 We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
being troubled on every side, yet not distressed; perplexed, but not in despair;
9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.
11 For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body.
For we who live are continually delivered up to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
13 And in keeping with what is written: “I believed, therefore I have spoken,” we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak,
But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke,” we also believe, and therefore speak;
14 knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.
knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus will raise up us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.
15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may overflow in thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
For all things are for your sakes, that the grace abounding by means of the greater number may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
For which cause we are not faint-hearted; but though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
17 For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison. (aiōnios g166)
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh out for us, in a higher and still higher degree, an everlasting weight of glory; (aiōnios g166)
18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (aiōnios g166)
while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are but for a time; but the things which are not seen are ever lasting. (aiōnios g166)
