2Corinthians:4

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* Therefore , having this ministry , as we have had mercy shewn us , we faint not . * But we have rejected the hidden things of shame , not walking in deceit , nor falsifying the word of God , but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God . * But if also our gospel is veiled , it is veiled in those that are lost ; * in whom the god of this world has blinded the thoughts of the unbelieving , so that the radiancy of the glad tidings of the glory of the Christ , who is [the ] image of God , should not shine forth [for them ]. * For we do not preach ourselves , but Christ Jesus Lord , and ourselves your bondmen for Jesus ' sake . * Because [it is ] the God who spoke that out of darkness light should shine who has shone in our hearts for the shining forth of the knowledge of the glory of God in [the ] face of [Jesus ] Christ . * But we have this treasure in earthen vessels , that the surpassingness of the power may be of God , and not from us : * every way afflicted , but not straitened ; seeing no apparent issue , but our way not entirely shut up ; * persecuted , but not abandoned ; cast down , but not destroyed ; * always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus , that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body ; * for we who live are always delivered unto death on account of Jesus , that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh ; * so that death works in us , but life in you . * And having the same spirit of faith , according to what is written , I have believed , therefore have I spoken ; we also believe , therefore also we speak ; * knowing that he who has raised the Lord Jesus shall raise us also with Jesus , and shall present [us ] with you . * For all things [are ] for your sakes , that the grace abounding through the many may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God . * Wherefore we faint not ; but if indeed our outward man is consumed , yet the inward is renewed day by day . * For our momentary [and ] light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory ; * while we look not at the things that are seen , but at the things that are not seen ; for the things that are seen [are ] for a time , but those that are not seen eternal .

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