Therefore
seeing we have this ministry, as we have received
mercy, we faint not;
02 But have renounced the hidden things of
dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor
handling the word of God deceitfully; but by
manifestation of the truth commending ourselves
to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
03 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them
that are lost:
04 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the
minds of them which believe not, lest the light
of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the
image of God, should shine unto them.
05 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus
the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus'
sake.
06 For God, who commanded the light to shine out
of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give
the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in
the face of Jesus Christ.
07 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels,
that the excellency of the power may be of God,
and not of us.
08 We are troubled on every side, yet not
distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
09 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but
not destroyed;
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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 which live are alway delivered unto
death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of
Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
13 We having the same spirit of faith, according
as it is written, I believed, and therefore have
I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus
shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall
present us with you.
15 For all things are for your sakes, that the
abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of
many redound to the glory of God.
16 For which cause we faint not; but though our
outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed
day by day.
17 For our light affliction, which is but for a
moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and
eternal weight of glory;
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 are temporal; but the
things which are not seen are eternal.
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