2 Corinthians 4:9-18

9 1persecuted, but not 2forsaken; 3struck down, but not destroyed;
10 4always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that 5the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.
11 For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
12 So death works in us, but life in you.
13 But having the same 6spirit of faith, according to what is written, "7I BELIEVED, THEREFORE I SPOKE," we also believe, therefore we also speak,
14 knowing that He who 8raised the Lord Jesus 9will raise us also with Jesus and will 10present us with you.
15 For all things are 11for your sakes, so that the grace which is 12spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God.
16 Therefore we 13do not lose heart, but though * our outer man is decaying, yet our 14inner man is 15being renewed day by day.
17 For momentary, 16light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,
18 while we 17look 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.

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Cross References 17

  • 1. John 15:20; Romans 8:35
  • 2. Psalms 129:2; Hebrews 13:5
  • 3. Psalms 37:24; Proverbs 24:16; Micah 7:8
  • 4. Romans 6:5; Romans 8:36; Galatians 6:17
  • 5. Romans 6:8
  • 6. 1 Corinthians 12:9
  • 7. Psalms 116:10
  • 8. Acts 2:24
  • 9. 1 Thessalonians 4:14
  • 10. Luke 21:36; Ephesians 5:27; Colossians 1:22; Jude 24
  • 11. Romans 8:28; 2 Corinthians 1:6
  • 12. 1 Corinthians 9:19; 2 Corinthians 1:11
  • 13. 2 Corinthians 4:1
  • 14. Romans 7:22
  • 15. Isaiah 40:29, 31; Colossians 3:10
  • 16. Romans 8:18
  • 17. Romans 8:24; 2 Corinthians 5:7; Hebrews 11:1, 13

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit "being multiplied through the many"
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