2Corinthians:4
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Therefore seeing we have this ministry ,
as we have received mercy ,
we faint not ;
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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 .
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But if our gospel be hid ,
it is hid to them that are lost :
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In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who believe not ,
lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ ,
who is the image of God ,
should shine unto them .
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For we preach not ourselves ,
but Christ Jesus the Lord ;
and ourselves your servants for Jesus '
sake .
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For God ,
who commanded the light to shine out of darkness ,
has shined in our hearts ,
to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ .
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But we have this treasure in earthen vessels ,
that the excellency of the power may be of God ,
and not of us .
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We are troubled on every side ,
yet not distressed ;
we are perplexed ,
but not in despair ;
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Persecuted ,
but not forsaken ;
cast down ,
but not destroyed ;
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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 .
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For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus '
sake ,
that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh .
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So then death works in us ,
but life in you .
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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 ;
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Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus ,
and shall present us with you .
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For all things are for your sakes ,
that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God .
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For which cause we faint not ;
but though our outward man perish ,
yet the inward man is renewed day by day .
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For our light affliction ,
which is but for a moment ,
works for us a far more exceedingly and eternal weight of glory ;
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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 .