2 Corinthians 4
1 Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
Therefore, since we have received mercy along with this ministry, we do not lose heart.
2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty; not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but, by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
Rather, we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in deception nor falsifying the Word of God, but by the open proclamation of the Truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience, in the sight of God.
3 But if our gospel is hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
So where our Gospel has actually been concealed, it has been hidden from those who are being wasted,
4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them who believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine to them. (aiōn g165)
among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, so that the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them. (aiōn g165)
5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
Now we do not proclaim ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Sovereign, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake;
6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined into our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
because the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness is He who shined in our hearts to give the light that comes from the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not from us.
Further, we have this treasure in jars of clay, so that this all-surpassing power may be of God and not from ourselves
8 [We are] troubled on every side, yet not distressed; [we are] perplexed, but not in despair;
—we are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
persecuted, yet not abandoned; knocked down, but not out;
10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our body.
always carrying about in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, so that also the life of Jesus may be manifested in our body.
11 For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
For we, the living, are always being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, so that also the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
So then, death is at work in us, but life in you.
13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
Now since we have the same spirit of faith, just like it is written, “I believed; therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak,
14 Knowing, that he who raised the Lord Jesus, will raise us also by Jesus, and will present [us] with you.
knowing that He who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us through Jesus and present us together with you.
15 For all things [are] for your sakes, that the abundant grace may, through the thanksgiving of many, redound to the glory of God.
So all this is for your benefit, so that the grace that has spread through the many may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man is wasted, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day.
Therefore we do not lose heart—even though our outer man is wasting away, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day—
17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh out for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory; (aiōnios g166)
because our light, momentary affliction is working out for us an eternal and limitless measure of glory, (aiōnios g166)
18 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)
as we do not focus on the seen, but on the not seen; for what is seen is transitory, but what is unseen is eternal. (aiōnios g166)
