2 Corinthians 4
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Therefore, seeing we have this ministry,
as we have received mercy, we faint not;
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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.
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But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to
them that are lost:
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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.
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For we preach not ourselves, but Christ
Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus'
sake.
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For God, who commanded the light to shine
out of darkness, Gen. 1.3 hath 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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Living by
Faith |
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But we have this treasure in earthen
vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of
us.
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We are troubled on every side, yet
not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in
despair;
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persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down,
but not destroyed;
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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.
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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.
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So then death worketh in us, but life in
you.
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We having the same spirit of faith,
according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; Ps. 116.10 we also believe, and therefore speak;
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knowing that he which raised up the Lord
Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
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For all things are for your sakes,
that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many
redound to the glory of God.
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For which cause we faint not; but
though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed
day by day.
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For our light affliction, which is but
for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and 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.
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