2 Corinthians 4
1 Because of this, having this ministration, according as we did receive kindness, we do not faint,
Therefore, since we have this ministry, and in as much as we have obtained mercy for ourselves, we are not inadequate.
2 but did renounce for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves unto every conscience of men, before God;
For we renounce dishonorable and hidden acts, not walking by craftiness, nor by adulterating the Word of God. Instead, by the manifestation of truth, we commend ourselves to the conscience of each man before God.
3 and if also our good news is vailed, in those perishing it is vailed,
But if our Gospel is in some way hidden, it is hidden to those who are perishing.
4 in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God; (aiōn g165)
As for them, the god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, would not shine in them. (aiōn g165)
5 for not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus — Lord, and ourselves your servants because of Jesus;
For we are not preaching about ourselves, but about Jesus Christ our Lord. We are merely your servants through Jesus.
6 because [it is] God who said, Out of darkness light [is] to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
For God, who told the light to shine out of darkness, has shined a light into our hearts, to illuminate the knowledge of the splendor of God, in the person of Christ Jesus.
7 And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us;
But we hold this treasure in earthen vessels, so that what is sublime may be of the power of God, and not of us.
8 on every side being in tribulation, but not straitened; perplexed, but not in despair;
In all things, we endure tribulation, yet we are not in anguish. We are constrained, yet we are not destitute.
9 persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
We suffer persecution, yet we have not been abandoned. We are thrown down, yet we do not perish.
10 at all times the dying of the Lord Jesus bearing about in the body, that the life also of Jesus in our body may be manifested,
We ever carry around the mortification of Jesus in our bodies, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
11 for always are we who are living delivered up to death because of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our dying flesh,
For we who live are ever handed over unto death for the sake of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our mortal flesh.
12 so that, the death indeed in us doth work, and the life in you.
Therefore, death is at work in us, and life is at work in you.
13 And having the same spirit of the faith, according to that which hath been written, 'I believed, therefore I did speak;' we also do believe, therefore also do we speak;
But we have the same Spirit of faith. And just as it is written, “I believed, and for that reason I spoke,” so we also believe, and for that reason, we also speak.
14 knowing that He who did raise up the Lord Jesus, us also through Jesus shall raise up, and shall present with you,
For we know that the One who raised up Jesus will raise us up also with Jesus and will place us with you.
15 for the all things [are] because of you, that the grace having been multiplied, because of the thanksgiving of the more, may abound to the glory of God;
Thus, all is for you, so that grace, abounding through many in thanksgiving, may abound to the glory of God.
16 wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day;
For this reason, we are not insufficient. But it is as though our outer man is corrupted, while our inner man is renewed from day to day.
17 for the momentary light matter of our tribulation, more and more exceedingly an age-during weight of glory doth work out for us — (aiōnios g166)
For though our tribulation is, at the present time, brief and light, it accomplishes in us the weight of a sublime eternal glory, beyond measure. (aiōnios g166)
18 we not looking to the things seen, but to the things not seen; for the things seen [are] temporary, but the things not seen [are] age-during. (aiōnios g166)
And we are contemplating, not the things that are seen, but the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are temporal, whereas the things that are not seen are eternal. (aiōnios g166)
