2Cor 4
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Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not:
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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.
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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 gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn [upon
them].
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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, 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 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 straitened; perplexed, yet not to despair;
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pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed;
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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 manifested in our mortal flesh.
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So then death works 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 did I speak; we also believe, and therefore also we speak;
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knowing that he who 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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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;
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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.