2 Corinthians 4
1 Therefore, seeing that we haue this ministerie, as we haue receiued mercy, we faint not:
Therefore having this ministry, as we have obtained mercy, we faint not;
2 But haue cast from vs ye clokes of shame, and walke not in craftines, neither handle we the worde of God deceitfully: but in declaration of the trueth we approue our selues to euery mans conscience in the sight of God.
but we lay aside the hidden things of disgrace, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but in the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men, before God.
3 If our Gospell bee then hid, it is hid to them that are lost.
But if indeed our gospel is hidden, it is hidden with those who are lost:
4 In whom the God of this world hath blinded the mindes, that is, of the infidels, that the light of the glorious Gospell of Christ, which is the image of God, should not shine vnto them. (aiōn g165)
in whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who believe not, in order that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, may not shine on them. (aiōn g165)
5 For we preach not our selues, but Christ Iesus the Lord, and our selues your seruaunts for Iesus sake.
For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
6 For God that commanded the light to shine out of darknesse, is he which hath shined in our hearts, to giue the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Iesus Christ.
Because God is the one, having said; Out of the darkness the light shall shine, which shone in our hearts, to the enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
7 But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellencie of that power might be of God, and not of vs.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, in order that the excellency of the power, may be of God, and not of us;
8 Wee are afflicted on euery side, yet are we not in distresse: we are in doubt, but yet wee despaire not.
in everything being troubled, but not in difficulties incorrigible; being at a loss, but not utterly at a loss;
9 We are persecuted, but not forsaken: cast downe, but we perish not.
being persecuted, but not forsaken; being cast down, but not destroyed;
10 Euery where we beare about in our bodie the dying of the Lord Iesus, that the life of Iesus might also be made manifest in our bodies.
always bearing about the dying of Jesus in our body, in order that the life of Jesus may also be made manifest in our bodies.
11 For we which liue, are alwaies deliuered vnto death for Iesus sake, that the life also of Iesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
For we while living are always being delivered up to death for the sake of Jesus, in order that the life of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
12 So then death worketh in vs, and life in you.
So that death works in us, but life in you.
13 And because we haue the same spirite of faith, according as it is written, I beleeued, and therefore haue I spoken, we also beleeue, and therefore speake,
But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which has been written, I believed, therefore I also spoke; and we believe, therefore we also speak;
14 Knowing that he which hath raised vp the Lord Iesus, shall raise vs vp also by Iesus, and shall set vs with you.
knowing that the one having raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us along with Jesus, and present us with you.
15 For all thinges are for your sakes, that that most plenteous grace by the thankesgiuing of many, may redound to the praise of God.
For all things are for your sakes, in order that the grace, overflowing with thanksgiving through many, may abound unto the glory of God.
16 Therefore we faint not, but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed daily.
Therefore we faint not; but if indeed our external man perishes, yet our internal man is renewed day by day.
17 For our light affliction which is but for a moment, causeth vnto vs a farre most excellent and an eternall waight of glorie: (aiōnios g166)
For the light burden of our affliction, which is evanescent, is working out for us an eternal weight of glory according to hyperbole unto hyperbole; (aiōnios g166)
18 While we looke not on the thinges which are seene, but on the things which are not seene: for the things which are seene, are temporall: but the things which are not seene, are eternall. (aiōnios g166)
we not looking at the things which are visible, but the things which are invisible; for the visible things are temporary, but the invisible things are eternal. (aiōnios g166)
