a1 Cor 3:5
b1 Cor 7:25
cLuke 18:1; 2 Cor 4:16; Gal 6:9; Eph 3:13; 2 Thess 3:13
dRom 6:21; 1 Cor 4:5
e2 Cor 2:17
f2 Cor 5:11f
g2 Cor 2:12
h1 Cor 2:6ff; 2 Cor 3:14
j1 Cor 1:18; 2 Cor 2:15
kJohn 12:31
lMatt 13:22
n2 Cor 3:14
pActs 26:18; 2 Cor 4:6
q2 Cor 3:18; 4:6
rJohn 1:18; Phil 2:6; Col 1:15; Heb 1:3
s1 Cor 4:15f; 1 Thess 2:6f
uGen 1:3
v2 Pet 1:19
wActs 26:18; 2 Cor 4:4
yJob 4:19; 10:9; 33:6; Lam 4:2; 2 Cor 5:1; 2 Tim 2:20
zJudg 7:2; 1 Cor 2:5
aa2 Cor 1:8; 7:5
ab2 Cor 6:12
acGal 4:20
adJohn 15:20; Rom 8:35f
aePs 129:2; Heb 13:5
afPs 37:24; Prov 24:16; Mic 7:8
agRom 6:5; 8:36; Gal 6:17
ahRom 6:8
ai1 Cor 12:9
ajPs 116:10
akActs 2:24
al1 Thess 4:14
amLuke 21:36; Eph 5:27; Col 1:22; Jude 24
anRom 8:28; 2 Cor 1:6
ap1 Cor 9:19; 2 Cor 1:11
aq2 Cor 4:1
arRom 7:22
asIs 40:29, 31; Col 3:10
atRom 8:18
auRom 8:24; 2 Cor 5:7; Heb 11:1, 13

2 Corinthians 4

Paul’s Apostolic Ministry

1 Therefore, 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 trickery nor edistorting the word of God, but by the open proclamation of the truth fcommending ourselves to every person’s conscience in the sight of God. 3And even if our ggospel is hveiled, it is veiled ▼
▼Lit among
to jthose who are perishing, 4in whose case kthe god of lthis ▼
▼Lit age
world has nblinded the minds of the unbelieving so that ▼
▼Or the light...image of God, will not shine upon them
they will 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 through Jesus
on account of Jesus. 6For God, who said, “ uLight 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.

7 But we have this treasure in ▼
▼Or earthenware containers
 , yearthen containers, so that the extraordinary greatness of zthe power will be of God and not from ourselves; 8we are aaafflicted in every way, but not abcrushed; acperplexed, but not despairing; 9 adpersecuted, but not aeabandoned; afstruck down, but not destroyed; 10 agalways carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus, so that ahthe life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 11For we who live are constantly being handed over to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal flesh. 12So death works in us, but life in you.

13 But having the same aispirit of faith, according to what is written: “ ajI believed, therefore I spoke,” we also believe, therefore we also speak, 14knowing that He who akraised the Lord Jesus alwill also raise us with Jesus, and will ampresent us with you. 15For all things are anfor your sakes, so that grace, having ▼
▼Lit multiplied through the many
 , apspread to more and more people, will cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.

16 Therefore we aqdo not lose heart, but though our outer person is decaying, yet our arinner person is asbeing renewed day by day. 17For our momentary, atlight affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, 18while we aulook 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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