2 Corinthians 4
4
Treasures in Jars of Clay
1For this reason, since we have this ministry, just as we received mercy, we do not lose heart.
2Instead, we renounced the hidden shameful ways—not walking in deception or distorting the word of God, but commending ourselves before God to everyone’s conscience by the open proclamation of the truth.
3And even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
4In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, so they might not see the light of the Good News of the glory of Messiah, who is the image of God.
5For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Messiah Yeshua as Lord—and ourselves as your slaves for Yeshua’s sake.
6For God, who said, “Let light 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 Messiah.
7But we have this treasure in jars of clay, so that the surpassing greatness of the power may be from God and not from ourselves.
8We are hard pressed in every way, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not in despair;
9persecuted, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;
10always carrying in the body the death of Yeshua, so that the life of Yeshua may also be revealed in our mortal body.
11For we who live are always being handed over to death for Yeshua’s sake, so that the life of Yeshua may be revealed in our mortal body.
12So death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
13But we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.” So we also believe, and therefore we also speak,
14knowing that the One who raised the Lord Yeshua will raise us also with Yeshua, and will bring us with you into His presence.
15For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace that is spreading through more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow—to the glory of God.
16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
17For our trouble, light and momentary, is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,
18as we look not 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.
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Qorintiyim Bĕt (2 Corinthians) 4
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1Therefore, having this service, even as we received compassion, we do not lose heart,
2but have renounced the secret ways of shame, not walking in craftiness nor falsifying the Word of Elohim, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves to every human conscience, in the sight of Elohim.
3And indeed, if our Good News has been veiled, it has been veiled in those who are perishing,
4in whom the mighty one of this age#See Luke 4:6 has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, so that the enlightening of the Good News of the esteem of Messiah, who is the likeness of Elohim, does not shine on them.
5For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Messiah יהושע the Master, and ourselves your servants for the sake of יהושע.
6For Elohim, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts for the enlightening of the knowledge of the esteem of Elohim in the face of יהושע Messiah.
7And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the excellence of the power might be of Elohim, and not of us –
8being hard pressed on every side,#See 1Cor. 1:8 but not crushed; being perplexed, but not in despair;
9being persecuted, but not forsaken; being thrown down, but not destroyed;
10always bearing about in the body the dying of the Master יהושע, that the life of יהושע might also be manifested in our body.
11For we, the living, are always delivered to death for the sake of יהושע, that the life of יהושע might also be manifested in our mortal flesh,
12so that death indeed is working in us, but the life in you.
13But having the same spirit of belief, according to what has been written, “I believed, therefore I spoke,”# Psa. 116:10 we also believe, therefore we also speak,
14knowing that He who raised up the Master יהושע shall also raise us up through יהושע, and shall present us with you.
15For all this is for your sake, so that favour, having spread through the many, would cause thanksgiving to overflow, unto the esteem of Elohim.
16Therefore we do not lose heart, but even if our outward man is perishing, the inward man is being renewed day by day.
17For this slight momentary pressure is working for us a far more exceeding and everlasting weight of esteem.
18We are not looking on what is seen, but on what is not seen. For what is seen passes away, but what is not seen is everlasting.#See 2Cor. 5:7 and Rom. 8:24; Heb. 11:1; Heb. 11:13
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