2Corinthians:4

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* Therefore , since we have this ministry , as we have received mercy , we do not lose heart . * But we have renounced the hidden things of shame , 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 . * But even if our gospel is veiled , it is veiled to those who are perishing , * whose minds the god of this age has blinded , who do not believe , lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ , who is the image of God , should shine on them . * For we do not preach ourselves , but Christ Jesus the Lord , and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus ' sake . * For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness , who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ . * But we have this treasure in earthen vessels , that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us . * We are hard-pressed on every side , yet not crushed ; we are perplexed , but not in despair ; * persecuted , but not forsaken ; struck down , but not destroyed -- * always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus , that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body . * For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus ' sake , that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh . * So then death is working in us , but life in you . * And since we have the same spirit of faith , according to what is written , "I believed and therefore I spoke ," we also believe and therefore speak , * knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus , and will present us with you . * For all things are for your sakes , that grace , having spread through the many , may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God . * Therefore we do not lose heart . Even though our outward man is perishing , yet the inward man is being renewed day by day . * For our light affliction , which is but for a moment , is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory , * while we do not look at the things which are seen , but at the things which are not seen . For the things which are seen are temporary , but the things which are not seen are eternal .

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