2 Corinthians 4
1 Because of this, having this ministry, according as we received kindness, we do not faint,
Therefore, having this ministry, as we have had mercy shewn us, we faint not.
2 but renounced for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves to every conscience of men, before God;
But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.
3 and if our good news is also veiled, it is veiled in those perishing,
But if also our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in those that are lost;
4 in whom the god of this age blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that there does not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God; (aiōn g165)
in whom the god of this world has blinded the thoughts of the unbelieving, so that the radiancy of the glad tidings of the glory of the Christ, who is [the] image of God, should not shine forth [for them]. (aiōn g165)
5 for we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus—LORD, and [we are] ourselves your servants because of Jesus;
For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus Lord, and ourselves your bondmen for Jesus' sake.
6 because [it is] God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who shined in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Because [it is] the God who spoke that out of darkness light should shine who has shone in our hearts for the shining forth of the knowledge of the glory of God in [the] face of [Jesus] Christ.
7 And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not of us,
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassingness of the power may be of God, and not from us:
8 being in tribulation in every [way], but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing;
every way afflicted, but not straitened; seeing no apparent issue, but our way not entirely shut up;
9 persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
persecuted, but not abandoned; cast down, but not destroyed;
10 at all times carrying around in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, 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 living are always delivered up to death because of Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our dying flesh,
for we who live are always delivered unto death on account of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh;
12 so that, death indeed works in us, and life in you.
so that death works in us, but life in you.
13 And having the same spirit of faith, according to that which has been written: “I believed, therefore I spoke”; we also believe, therefore we also speak;
And having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, I have believed, therefore have I spoken; we also believe, therefore also we speak;
14 knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus, will also raise us up through Jesus, and will present [us] with you,
knowing that he who has raised the Lord Jesus shall raise us also with Jesus, and shall present [us] with you.
15 for all things [are] because of you, that the grace having been multiplied, because of the thanksgiving of the more, may abound to the glory of God;
For all things [are] for your sakes, that the grace abounding through the many may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
16 for this reason, we do not faint, but if our outward man also decays, yet the inward is renewed day by day;
Wherefore we faint not; but if indeed our outward man is consumed, yet the inward is renewed day by day.
17 for the momentary light matter of our tribulation works out for us more and more an exceedingly continuous weight of glory— (aiōnios g166)
For our momentary [and] light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory; (aiōnios g166)
18 we [are] not looking to the things seen, but to the things not seen; for the things seen [are] temporary, but the things not seen [are] continuous. (aiōnios g166)
while we look not at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen; for the things that are seen [are] for a time, but those that are not seen eternal. (aiōnios g166)
