2 Corinthians 4 (NET)

2 Corinthians 4:1¹Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Corinthians 4:2²But 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Corinthians 4:3³But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Corinthians 4:4⁴among 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Corinthians 4:5⁵For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Corinthians 4:6⁶For 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Corinthians 4:7⁷But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Corinthians 4:8⁸We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Corinthians 4:9⁹we are persecuted, but not abandoned; we are knocked down, but not destroyed,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Corinthians 4:10¹⁰always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our body.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Corinthians 4:11¹¹For 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Corinthians 4:12¹²As a result, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Corinthians 4:13¹³But 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Corinthians 4:14¹⁴We 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Corinthians 4:15¹⁵For 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Corinthians 4:16¹⁶Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Corinthians 4:17¹⁷For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparisonCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Corinthians 4:18¹⁸because 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s