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| [1]Therefore, we are not weary in this ministry which we have received, according to the mercies that have been upon us: |
[1]Therefore, seeing that we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not: |
| [2]But we have renounced the concealments of dishonor, and we walk not in craftiness, nor do we treat the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth, we exhibit ourselves to all the consciences of men before God. |
[2]But have cast from us the cloaks of shame and walk not in craftiness, neither handle we the word of God deceitfully: but in declaration of the truth we approve ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. |
| [3]And if our gospel is vailed, it is vailed to them that perish; |
[3]If our Gospel be then hid, it is hid to them, that are lost. |
| [4]to them whose minds the God of this world hath blinded, in order that they might not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of the Messiah (who is the likeness of God) should dawn upon them. |
[4]In whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds, that is, of the infidels, that the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, which is the image of God, should not shine unto them. |
| [5]For it is not ourselves that we preach, but the Messiah, Jesus our Lord; and, as to ourselves, that we are your servants for Jesus' sake. |
[5]For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. |
| [6]Because God, who commanded the light to arise from darkness, hath himself shined in our hearts, that we might be illuminated with the knowledge of the glory of God on the face of Jesus the Messiah. |
[6]For God that commanded the light to shine out of darkness, is he which 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 have this treasure in an earthen vessel, that the excellency of the power might be from God, and not from us. |
[7]But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of that power might be of God and not of us. |
| [8]And in every thing we are oppressed, but not suffocated; we are corrected, but not condemned; |
[8]We are afflicted on every side, yet are we not in distress: in poverty,but not overcome of poverty. |
| [9]we are persecuted, but not forsaken; we are prostrated, but perish not. |
[9]We are persecuted, but not forsaken: cast down, but we perish not. |
| [10]For we bear in our body, at all times, the dying of Jesus; that the life also of Jesus might be manifested in our body. |
[10]Every where we bear about in our body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus might also be made manifest in our bodies. |
| [11]For if we are delivered over alive unto death, for Jesus' sake, even so also will the life of Jesus be manifested in this our mortal body. |
[11]For we which live, are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. |
| [12]Now therefore, in us death is active, but in you, life. |
[12]So then death worketh in us, and life in you. |
| [13]Having therefore the same spirit of faith, (as it is written, I believed, therefore also have I spoken,) we also believe, and therefore speak; |
[13]And because we have the same Spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken, we also believe, and therefore speak, |
| [14]knowing that he, who resuscitated our Lord Jesus, will also resuscitate us by Jesus, and will receive us, with you, to himself. |
[14]Knowing that he which hath raised up the Lord Jesus, shall raise us up also by Jesus, and shall set us with you. |
| [15]For all things are for your sakes, that while grace aboundeth by means of many, thanksgiving may abound to the glory of God. |
[15]For all things are for your sakes that most plenteous grace by the thanksgiving of many may redound to the praise of God. |
| [16]For this cause we faint not; for though our outward man perish, yet the inner [man] is renovated day by day. |
[16]Therefore we faint not, but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed daily. |
| [17]For the affliction of the present time, though very small and light, prepareth for us great glory, without end, for ever and ever; |
[17]For our light affliction which is but for a moment, causeth unto us a far most excellent and an eternal weight of glory: |
| [18]while we look not at these seen things, but at those not seen; for these seen things are temporary, but those not seen are eternal. |
[18]While we look not on the things which are seen, but on the things, which are not seen: for the things which are seen, are temporal: but the things which are not seen, are eternal. |