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2 Corinthians 4:5-18

5For we 1do not preachG2784 ourselvesG1438 but ChristG5547 JesusG2424 as LordG2962, and ourselvesG1438 as your bond-servantsG1401 2for Jesus’G2424 sakeG1223. 6For GodG2316, who saidG3004, “3LightG5457 shall shineG2989 out of darknessG4655,” is the One whoG3739 has 4shoneG2989 in our heartsG2588 to give the 5LightG5462 of the knowledgeG1108 of the gloryG1391 of GodG2316 in the faceG4383 of ChristG5547.

7But we haveG2192 thisG3778 treasureG2344 in 6earthenG3749 vesselsG4632, soG2443 that the surpassingG5236 greatnessG5236 of 7the powerG1411 will be of GodG2316 and not from ourselvesG1473; 8we are 8afflictedG2346 in everyG3956 wayG3956, but not 9crushedG4729; 10perplexedG639, but not despairingG1820; 911persecutedG1377, but not 12forsakenG1459; 13struckG2598 downG2598, but not destroyedG622; 1014alwaysG3842 carryingG4064 aboutG4064 in the bodyG4983 the dyingG3500 of JesusG2424, soG2443 that 15the lifeG2222 of JesusG2424 alsoG2532 may be manifestedG5319 in our bodyG4983. 11For we who liveG2198 are constantlyG104 being deliveredG3860 overG3860 to deathG2288 for Jesus’G2424 sakeG1223, soG2443 that the lifeG2222 of JesusG2424 alsoG2532 may be manifestedG5319 in our mortalG2349 fleshG4561. 12SoG5620 deathG2288 worksG1754 in us, but lifeG2222 in you.

13But havingG2192 the sameG846 16spiritG4151 of faithG4102, accordingG2596 to what is writtenG1125, “17I believedG4100, thereforeG1352 I spokeG2980,” we alsoG2532 believeG4100, thereforeG1352 we alsoG2532 speakG2980, 14knowingG3609 that He who 18raisedG1453 the LordG2962 JesusG2424 19will raiseG1453 us alsoG2532 with JesusG2424 and will 20presentG3936 us with you. 15For allG3956 thingsG3956 are 21for your sakesG1223, soG2443 that the graceG5485 which is 2223spreadingG4121 to moreG4183 and more people may causeG4052 the givingG2169 of thanksG2169 to aboundG4052 to the gloryG1391 of GodG2316.

16ThereforeG1352 we 24do not loseG1457 heartG1457, but thoughG1487G2532 our outerG1854 manG444 is decayingG1311, yetG235 our 25innerG2080 manG2080 is 26being renewedG341 dayG2250 by dayG2250. 17For momentaryG3910, 27lightG1645 afflictionG2347 is producingG2716 for us an eternalG166 weightG922 of gloryG1391 farG5236 beyondG1519 allG5236 comparisonG5236, 18while we 28lookG4648 not at the things which are seenG991, but at the things which are not seenG991; for the things which are seenG991 are temporalG4340, but the things which are not seenG991 are eternalG166.

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Corinthians 4:5 1 Cor 4:15f; 1 Thess 2:6f ↩
  2. 2. 2 Corinthians 4:5 Two early mss read through Jesus ↩
  3. 3. 2 Corinthians 4:6 Gen 1:3 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Corinthians 4:6 2 Pet 1:19 ↩
  5. 5. 2 Corinthians 4:6 Acts 26:18; 2 Cor 4:4 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Corinthians 4:7 Job 4:19; 10:9; 33:6; Lam 4:2; 2 Cor 5:1; 2 Tim 2:20 ↩
  7. 7. 2 Corinthians 4:7 Judg 7:2; 1 Cor 2:5 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Corinthians 4:8 2 Cor 1:8; 7:5 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Corinthians 4:8 2 Cor 6:12 ↩
  10. 10. 2 Corinthians 4:8 Gal 4:20 ↩
  11. 11. 2 Corinthians 4:9 John 15:20; Rom 8:35f ↩
  12. 12. 2 Corinthians 4:9 Ps 129:2; Heb 13:5 ↩
  13. 13. 2 Corinthians 4:9 Ps 37:24; Prov 24:16; Mic 7:8 ↩
  14. 14. 2 Corinthians 4:10 Rom 6:5; 8:36; Gal 6:17 ↩
  15. 15. 2 Corinthians 4:10 Rom 6:8 ↩
  16. 16. 2 Corinthians 4:13 1 Cor 12:9 ↩
  17. 17. 2 Corinthians 4:13 Ps 116:10 ↩
  18. 18. 2 Corinthians 4:14 Acts 2:24 ↩
  19. 19. 2 Corinthians 4:14 1 Thess 4:14 ↩
  20. 20. 2 Corinthians 4:14 Luke 21:36; Eph 5:27; Col 1:22; Jude 24 ↩
  21. 21. 2 Corinthians 4:15 Rom 8:28; 2 Cor 1:6 ↩
  22. 22. 2 Corinthians 4:15 Lit being multiplied through the many ↩
  23. 23. 2 Corinthians 4:15 1 Cor 9:19; 2 Cor 1:11 ↩
  24. 24. 2 Corinthians 4:16 2 Cor 4:1 ↩
  25. 25. 2 Corinthians 4:16 Rom 7:22 ↩
  26. 26. 2 Corinthians 4:16 Is 40:29, 31; Col 3:10 ↩
  27. 27. 2 Corinthians 4:17 Rom 8:18 ↩
  28. 28. 2 Corinthians 4:18 Rom 8:24; 2 Cor 5:7; Heb 11:1, 13 ↩

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