2 Corinthians 4 NIV ISV Parallel

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1Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.

1Therefore, since we have this ministry through the mercy shown to us, we do not get discouraged.

2Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.

2Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not use trickery or pervert God's word. By clear statements of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.

3And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.

3So if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are dying.

4The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

4In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe to keep them from seeing the light of the glorious gospel of the Messiah, who is the image of God.

5For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

5For we do not preach ourselves, but rather Jesus the Messiah as Lord, and ourselves as merely your servants for Jesus' sake.

6For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Christ.

6For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Jesus the Messiah.

7But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

7But we have this treasure in clay jars to show that its extraordinary power comes from God and not from us.

8We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

8In every way we're troubled but not crushed, frustrated but not in despair,

9persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

9persecuted but not abandoned, struck down but not destroyed.

10We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

10We are always carrying around the death of Jesus in our bodies, so that the life of Jesus may be clearly shown in our bodies.

11For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body.

11While we are alive, we are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be clearly shown in our mortal bodies.

12So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

12And so death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

13It is written: "I believed; therefore I have spoken." Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak,

13Now since we have the same spirit of faith in keeping with this Scripture: "I believed, and so I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak.

14because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you to himself.

14We know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us to God together with you.

15All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.

15All this is for your sake so that, as his grace spreads, more and more people will give thanks and glorify God.

16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

16That's why we are not discouraged. No, even if outwardly we are wearing out, inwardly we are being renewed each and every day.

17For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

17This light, temporary nature of our suffering is producing for us an everlasting weight of glory, far beyond any comparison,

18So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

18because we do not look for things that can be seen but for things that cannot be seen. For things that can be seen are temporary, but things that cannot be seen are eternal.

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