a 1 Cor 3:5
b 1 Cor 7:25
c Luke 18:1; 2 Cor 4:16; Gal 6:9; Eph 3:13; 2 Thess 3:13
d Rom 6:21; 1 Cor 4:5
e 2 Cor 2:17
f 2 Cor 5:11f
g 2 Cor 2:12
h 1 Cor 2:6ff; 2 Cor 3:14
j 1 Cor 1:18; 2 Cor 2:15
k John 12:31
l Matt 13:22
n 2 Cor 3:14
p Acts 26:18; 2 Cor 4:6
q 2 Cor 3:18; 4:6
r John 1:18; Phil 2:6; Col 1:15; Heb 1:3
s 1 Cor 4:15f; 1 Thess 2:6f
u Gen 1:3
v 2 Pet 1:19
w Acts 26:18; 2 Cor 4:4
x Job 4:19; 10:9; 33:6; Lam 4:2; 2 Cor 5:1; 2 Tim 2:20
y Judg 7:2; 1 Cor 2:5
z 2 Cor 1:8; 7:5
aa 2 Cor 6:12
ab Gal 4:20
ac John 15:20; Rom 8:35f
ad Ps 129:2; Heb 13:5
ae Ps 37:24; Prov 24:16; Mic 7:8
af Rom 6:5; 8:36; Gal 6:17
ag Rom 6:8
ah 1 Cor 12:9
ai Ps 116:10
aj Acts 2:24
ak 1 Thess 4:14
al Luke 21:36; Eph 5:27; Col 1:22; Jude 24
am Rom 8:28; 2 Cor 1:6
ao 1 Cor 9:19; 2 Cor 1:11
ap 2 Cor 4:1
aq Rom 7:22
ar Is 40:29, 31; Col 3:10
as Rom 8:18
at Rom 8:24; 2 Cor 5:7; Heb 11:1, 13

2 Corinthians 4

Paul’s Apostolic Ministry

1Therefore, since we have this aministry, as we breceived mercy, we cdo not lose heart, 2but we have renounced the dthings hidden because of shame, not walking in craftiness or eadulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of truth fcommending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. 3And even if our ggospel is hveiled, it is veiled ▼
▼ Lit in
to jthose who are perishing, 4in whose case kthe god of lthis ▼
▼ Lit age
world has nblinded the minds of the unbelieving ▼
▼ Or that the light...image of God, would not dawn upon them
so that they might not see the plight of the gospel of the qglory of Christ, who is the rimage of God. 5For we sdo not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants ▼
▼ Two early mss read through Jesus
for Jesus’ sake. 6For God, who said, u“Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has vshone in our hearts to give the wLight of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

7But we have this treasure in xearthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of ythe power will be of God and not from ourselves; 8we are zafflicted in every way, but not aacrushed; abperplexed, but not despairing; 9 acpersecuted, but not adforsaken; aestruck down, but not destroyed; 10 afalways carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that agthe life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. 11For 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. 12So death works in us, but life in you.

13But having the same ahspirit of faith, according to what is written, ai“I believed, therefore I spoke,” we also believe, therefore we also speak, 14knowing that He who ajraised the Lord Jesus akwill raise us also with Jesus and will alpresent us with you. 15For all things are amfor your sakes, so that the grace which is ▼
▼ Lit being multiplied through the many
 , aospreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God.

16Therefore we apdo not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our aqinner man is arbeing renewed day by day. 17For momentary, aslight affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, 18while we atlook 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.
Copyright information for NASB1995