1Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as
we have received mercy, we faint not;
2But 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.
3But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them
that are lost:
4In 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.
5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ
Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for
Jesus' sake.
6For 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.
7But we have this treasure in earthen
vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of
God, and not of us.
8We
are troubled on every side, yet not
distressed; we
are perplexed, but not in despair;
9Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but
not destroyed;
10Always bearing about in the body the dying
of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might
be made manifest in our body.
11For 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.
12So then death worketh in us, but life in
you.
13We having the same spirit of faith,
according as it is written, I believed, and
therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and
therefore speak;
14Knowing that he which raised up the Lord
Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall
present us with
you.
15For all things are for
your sakes, that the abundant grace might through
the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of
God.
16For which cause we faint not; but though
our outward man perish, yet the inward man is
renewed day by day.
17For our light affliction, which is but for
a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal
weight of glory;
18While 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 eterna
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