2 Corinthians 4
1 Therefore, since we have this ministry through the mercy we received, we do not lose heart.
2 Instead, we have renounced shameful, hidden things. We do not act deceitfully or distort the word of God. By openly presenting the truth, we commend ourselves to every human conscience in the sight of God.
3 And if our gospel is still veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
4 Among them, the god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, may not shine on them.
5 For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
6 For God, who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” is the one who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of God’s glory in the face of Christ.
7 But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary greatness of the power may be from God and not from us.
8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;
9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
10 We always carry in our bodies the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our bodies.
11 For we who live are always being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal flesh.
12 So death is at work in us, but life in you.
13 And since we have the same spirit of faith, in keeping with what is written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we too believe, and so we speak.
14 We know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you.
15 For all this is for your sake, so that grace, spreading through many, may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outward self is wearing away, our inward self is being renewed day after day.
17 For our light, momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure.
18 We fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
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