2 Corinthians 4

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Such by God's mercy is our ministry, and therefore we do not waver	1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
2 but have renounced al shameful secrecy. It is not our way to be devious, or to falsify the word of God;instead, in God's sight we commend ourselves to every human being with a conscience by showing the truthopenly.	2 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.
3 If our gospel seems to be veiled at al , it is so to those who are on the way to destruction,	3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4 the unbelievers whose minds have been blinded by the god of this world, so that they cannot seeshining the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.	4 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.
5 It is not ourselves that we are proclaiming, but Christ Jesus as the Lord, and ourselves as your servantsfor Jesus' sake.	5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
6 It is God who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' that has shone into our hearts to enlighten themwith the knowledge of God's glory, the glory on the face of Christ.	6 For 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.
7 But we hold this treasure in pots of earthenware, so that the immensity of the power is God's and notour own.	7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
8 We are subjected to every kind of hardship, but never distressed; we see no way out but we neverdespair;	8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
9 we are pursued but never cut off; knocked down, but stil have some life in us;	9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
10 always we carry with us in our body the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus, too, may be visible inour body.	10 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.
11 Indeed, while we are stil alive, we are continually being handed over to death, for the sake of Jesus,so that the life of Jesus, too, may be visible in our mortal flesh.	11 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.
12 In us, then, death is at work; in you, life.	12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
13 But as we have the same spirit of faith as is described in scripture -- I believed and therefore I spoke-we, too, believe and therefore we, too, speak,	13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
14 realising that he who raised up the Lord Jesus wil raise us up with Jesus in our turn, and bring us tohimself -- and you as wel .	14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
15 You see, everything is for your benefit, so that as grace spreads, so, to the glory of God, thanksgivingmay also overflow among more and more people.	15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
16 That is why we do not waver; indeed, though this outer human nature of ours may be fal ing intodecay, at the same time our inner human nature is renewed day by day.	16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
17 The temporary, light burden of our hardships is earning us for ever an utterly incomparable, eternalweight of glory,	17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
18 since what we aim for is not visible but invisible. Visible things are transitory, but invisible thingseternal.	18 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.