2Corinthians:4

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* Therefore since we have this ministry , as we have received mercy , we do not faint . * But we have renounced the hidden things of shame , not walking in craftiness , nor adulterating the Word of God , but [by ] the revelation of the truth commending ourselves to every man 's conscience in the sight of God . * But also if our gospel is hidden , it is hidden to those being lost , * in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving ones , so that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ (who is the image of God ) should not dawn on them . * For we do not preach ourselves , but Christ Jesus as Lord , and ourselves your servants for Jesus ' sake . * For [it is ] God who said , Out of darkness Light shall shine ; who shone in our hearts to [give ] the brightness of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ . * But we have this treasure in earthen vessels , so that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us ; * in every [way ] having been troubled , but not having been hemmed in ; having been perplexed , but not utterly at a loss ; * having been persecuted , but not having been forsaken ; having been thrown down , but not having been destroyed ; * always bearing about the dying of the Lord Jesus in the body , so that the life of Jesus also might be revealed in our body . * For we who live are always being delivered to death for Jesus ' sake , so that the life of Jesus might also be revealed in our body . * So then death works in us , but life in you . * For we , having the same spirit of faith (according as it is written , I believed , and therefore I have spoken ); we also believed and therefore speak , * knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus shall also raise us up by Jesus , and shall present [us ] with you . * For all things [are ] for your sake , so that the superabounding grace might be made to abound through the thanksgiving of the greater number , to the glory of God . * For this cause we do not faint ; but though our outward man perishes , yet the inward [man ] is being renewed day by day . * For the lightness of our present affliction works out for us a far more excellent eternal weight of glory , * we not considering the things which are seen , but the things which are not seen ; for the things which [are ] seen [are ] not lasting , but the things which [are ] not seen [are ] everlasting .

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