2 Corinthians 4
1 Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
ON this account we have not weariness in this ministry which we have received, according to the mercies that are upon us.
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 we have rejected the secrets of shamefulness; and walk not with craft, nor deal deceitfully (with) the word of Aloha; but by the revelation of the truth make we ourselves manifest to the minds of all men before Aloha.
3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
But if our gospel is hid, to those who perish is it hid:
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)
(to) them whose minds the god of this world hath blinded because they believe not; lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Meshiha, who is the image of Aloha, should arise upon them. (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 the Meshiha, Jeshu our Lord; but ourselves that we are your servants for the sake of Jeshu.
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 Aloha, who said, Let light arise from darkness, hath arisen in our hearts; that we should be illuminated by the knowledge of the glory of Aloha in the face of Jeshu Meshiha.
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 a vase of earth, that the greatness of the power might be from Aloha, and not from us.
8 We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
But in every thing we are afflicted, yet not strangled; we are beaten, yet not condemned;
9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
persecuted, yet not forsaken; cast down, yet we perish not.
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.
In all time the dying of Jeshu in our bodies we bear, that the life also of Jeshu might in our bodies be revealed.
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 if we, the living, unto death are delivered on account of Jeshu, so also will the life of Jeshu be revealed in this our body of death.
12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
Now death in us worketh earnestly, 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,
We then also who have one spirit of faith, as it is written, I have believed, and therefore also spoken; we believe, therefore also we 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.
And we know that He who raised up our Lord Jeshu, will by Jeshu raise us also, and will present us with you unto himself.
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 every thing is for your sake, that grace, abounding by many, may multiply praise to the glory of Aloha.
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 this cause we have not weariness; for if our outward man is wasted, yet the interior man is renovated day by day.
