Sept. 24
2 Corinthians 4
2Co 4:1 Therefore
seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don't
faint.
2Co 4:2 But we have
renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor
handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the
truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of
God.
2Co 4:3 Even if our
Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish;
2Co 4:4 in whom the god
of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the
light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of
God, should not dawn on them.
2Co 4:5 For we don't
preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your
servants for Jesus' sake;
2Co 4:6 seeing it is
God who said, "Light will 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.
2Co 4:7 But we have
this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the
power may be of God, and not from ourselves.
2Co 4:8 We are pressed
on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;
2Co 4:9 pursued, yet
not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;
2Co 4:10 always
carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the
life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
2Co 4:11 For we who
live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life
also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.
2Co 4:12 So then death
works in us, but life in you.
2Co 4:13 But having the
same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, "I
believed, and therefore I spoke." We also believe, and therefore
also we speak;
2Co 4:14 knowing that
he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will
present us with you.
2Co 4:15 For all things
are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the
many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
2Co 4:16 Therefore we
don't faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward
man is renewed day by day.
2Co 4:17 For our light
affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more
exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
2Co 4:18 while we don't
look 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.