1 | Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint
not; |
2 | 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. |
3 | But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are
lost: |
4 | In whom the god
of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light
of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto
them. |
5 | For we preach not
ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus'
sake. |
6 | For God, who
commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to
give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus
Christ. |
7 | But we have
this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of
God, and not of us. |
8 | We
are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in
despair; |
9 | Persecuted,
but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; |
10 | 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. |
11 | For we which live are
alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might
be made manifest in our mortal flesh. |
12 | So then death worketh in us, but life in you. |
13 | 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;
Psa 116:10
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14 | Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us
also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. |
15 | For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant
grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. |
16 | For which cause we faint
not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by
day. |
17 | For our light
affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and
eternal weight of glory; |
18 |
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. |