2 Corinthians 4
1 THEREFORE having this ministry, as we have obtained mercy, we faint not;
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not:
2 but have renounced all shameful secret practices, not conducting ourselves with artifice, nor deceitfully disguising the word of God, but by clear manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man’s conscience as in the presence of God.
but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
3 And if now our gospel be hid, it is hid from those who are lost:
And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in them that perish:
4 among whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dart its bright beams upon them. (aiōn g165)
in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn [upon them]. (aiōn g165)
5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
6 For the God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, he hath shined into our hearts, to give illumination of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the transcendent excellence of the power might be of God, and not of us.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;
8 We are afflicted on every side, yet not reduced to extremities; under difficulties, yet not in despair;
[we are] pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair;
9 persecuted, yet not abandoned; cast down, but not destroyed;
pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed;
10 always bearing about in the body the death pangs of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested 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 yet alive are continually delivered up to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
12 Wherefore death indeed is working in us, but life in you.
So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
13 Having then the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore I have spoken, we also believe, and therefore speak;
But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, I believed, and therefore did I speak; we also believe, and therefore also we speak;
14 knowing that he who raised up our Lord Jesus Christ, will raise up us also through Jesus, and present us together with you.
knowing that he that raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also with Jesus, and shall present us with you.
15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace, through the thanksgiving of more persons, may more abound to the glory of God.
For all things [are] for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound unto the glory of God.
16 Therefore we never faint; for though our outward man decay, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
17 For our momentary light affliction worketh for us a transcendently far more exceeding eternal weight of glory; (aiōnios g166)
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory; (aiōnios g166)
18 whilst we direct our aim not to the things which are seen, but to the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporary, but the things that are not seen are 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 temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. (aiōnios g166)
