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2 Corinthians 4

Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB

1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, according to the mercy we have received, we fault not,

2 but remove <em>from ourselves</em> every hidden shameful thing, not walking in craftiness, nor adulterating the word of God, but in the manifestation 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 those that are lost,

4 In whom the god of this age has blinded the understanding of those who do not believe, that the light of the gospel of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine <em>in</em> them.

5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your slaves for Jesus’ sake.

6 For the God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts to <em>bring forth</em> the light of the knowledge of the clarity of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

7 But we have this treasure in clay vessels that the excellency of the virtue may be of God, and not of us.

8 <em>We are</em> troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are unsure <em>of our lives</em>, but not in despair;

9 persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

10 always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

11 For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

12 So then death works in us, but life in you.

13 We having the same Spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed and, therefore, I have spoken; we also believe and, therefore, speak;

14 knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise us up also by Jesus and shall present <em>us</em> with you.

15 For <em>we suffer</em> all these things for your sakes that the grace abounding through many <em>may</em> in the thanksgiving redound to the glory of God.

16 Therefore we fault not; but though our outward man is wearing out, yet the inward <em>man</em> is renewed day by day.

17 For our tribulation, which is momentary and light, prepares an exceeding <em>and</em> eternal weight of glory unto us;

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 <em>are</em> temporal, but the things which are not seen <em>are</em> eternal.

New International Version NIV

1 Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.

2 Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.

3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.

4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

5 For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.

7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

11 For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body.

12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

13 It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak,

14 because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you to himself.

15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.

16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.