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2 Corinthians 4

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2 Corinthians 4 Bible text

WEB: 1WEB

Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.

ASV: 1ASV

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not:

WEB: 2WEB

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.

ASV: 2ASV

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.

WEB: 3WEB

Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who are dying,

ASV: 3ASV

And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in them that perish:

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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.

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in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.

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For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake,

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For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

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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.

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Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who 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 clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves.

ASV: 7ASV

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;

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We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;

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we are pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair;

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pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;

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pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed;

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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.

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always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.

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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.

ASV: 11ASV

For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

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So then death works in us, but life in you.

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So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

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But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.” We also believe, and therefore we also speak,

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But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, I believed, and therefore did I speak; we also believe, and therefore also we speak;

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knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also through Jesus, and will present us with you.

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knowing that he that raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also with Jesus, and shall present us with you.

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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.

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For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound unto the glory of God.

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Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day.

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Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

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For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory,

ASV: 17ASV

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

WEB: 18WEB

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.

ASV: 18ASV

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.