| NET Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged. | 1Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart, |
| 2But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God. | 2but we have renounced the things hidden because of shame, not walking in craftiness or adulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. |
| 3But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing, | 3And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, |
| 4among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God. | 4in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. |
| 5For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus' sake. | 5For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus' sake. |
| 6For God, who said "Let light shine out of darkness," is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ. | 6For God, who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness," is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. |
| 7But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us. | 7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves; |
| 8We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair; | 8we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; |
| 9we are persecuted, but not abandoned; we are knocked down, but not destroyed, | 9persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; |
| 10always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our body. | 10always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. |
| 11For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal body. | 11For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. |
| 12As a result, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. | 12So death works in us, but life in you. |
| 13But since we have the same spirit of faith as that shown in what has been written, "I believed; therefore I spoke," we also believe, therefore we also speak. | 13But having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I BELIEVED, THEREFORE I SPOKE," we also believe, therefore we also speak, |
| 14We do so because we know that the one who raised up Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus and will bring us with you into his presence. | 14knowing that He who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and will present us with you. |
| 15For all these things are for your sake, so that the grace that is including more and more people may cause thanksgiving to increase to the glory of God. | 15For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God. |
| 16Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day. | 16Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. |
| 17For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison | 17For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, |
| 18because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal. | 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 eternal. |
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