2 Corinthians 4

¹Therefore, having this ministry, just as we received mercy, we do not lose heart,

²But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor falsifying the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.

³But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled among those who are perishing;

⁴in whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

⁵For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for the sake of Jesus.

⁶For it is God who said, Out of darkness light shall shine, who has shone in our hearts for the illumination of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

⁷But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power may be of God and not from us.

⁸in every way hard pressed, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair,

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

¹⁰always carrying about in the body the death of the Lord Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body;

¹¹For we who are alive are always being handed over to death for the sake of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

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

¹³But having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written: I believed, therefore I spoke, we also believe, therefore we also speak;

¹⁴knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and will present us with you.

¹⁵For all things are for your sake, so that the grace that is abounding through more and more people may increase thanksgiving to the glory of God.

¹⁶Therefore we do not lose heart; but even though our outer man is wasting away, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.

¹⁷For the momentary lightness of our affliction is producing for us, far beyond all measure, an eternal weight of glory,

¹⁸while we look not at the things that are seen but at the things that are not seen; for the things that are seen are temporary, but the things that are not seen are eternal.