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2 Corinthians 4

Paul's Apostolic Ministry

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Therefore, since we have this  aministry, as we  breceived mercy, we  cdo not lose heart,

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but we have renounced the  athings hidden because of shame, not walking in craftiness or  badulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of truth  ccommending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

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And even if our  agospel is  bveiled, it is veiled  1to  cthose who are perishing,

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in whose case  athe god of  bthis  1world has  cblinded the minds of the unbelieving  2so that they might not see the  dlight of the gospel of the  eglory of Christ, who is the  fimage of God.

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For we  ado not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants  1for Jesus' sake.

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For God, who said, " aLight shall shine out of darkness," is the One who has  bshone in our hearts to give the  cLight of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

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But we have this treasure in  aearthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of  bthe power will be of God and not from ourselves;

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we are  aafflicted in every way, but not  bcrushed;  cperplexed, but not despairing;

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 apersecuted, but not  bforsaken;  cstruck down, but not destroyed;

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 aalways carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that  bthe life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.

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For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

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So death works in us, but life in you.

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But having the same  aspirit of faith, according to what is written, " bI BELIEVED, THEREFORE I SPOKE," we also believe, therefore we also speak,

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knowing that He who  araised the Lord Jesus  bwill raise us also with Jesus and will  cpresent us with you.

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For all things are  afor your sakes, so that the grace which is  1 bspreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God.

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Therefore we  ado not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our  binner man is  cbeing renewed day by day.

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For momentary,  alight affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,

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while we  alook 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.



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