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World English Bible

2 Corinthians 4 (WEBP)

[1] Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.
[2] But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
[3] Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who are dying,
[4] in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.
[5] For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake,
[6] seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone 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 clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves.
[8] We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;
[9] pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;
[10] always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
[11] For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.
[12] So then death works in us, but life in you.
[13] But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.” We also believe, and therefore we also speak,
[14] knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.
[15] For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
[16] Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day.
[17] For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory,
[18] while we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

2 Corinthians 4:6
2 Corinthians 4:13

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

2 Corinthians 4 (KJVS)

[1] Therefore seeing we have () this ministry, as we have received mercy, () we faint () not;
[2] but have renounced () the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking () in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; () but by manifestation of the truth commending () ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
[3] But if our gospel be () hid, () it is () hid () to them that are lost: ()
[4] in whom the god of this world hath blinded () the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is () the image of God, should shine () unto them.
[5] For we preach () not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
[6] For God, who commanded () the light to shine () out of darkness, 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 earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be () of God, and not of us.
[8] We are troubled () on every side, yet not distressed; () we are perplexed, () but not in despair; ()
[9] persecuted, () but not forsaken; () cast down, () but not destroyed; ()
[10] always bearing about () in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest () in our body.
[11] For we which live () are alway delivered () unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest () in our mortal flesh.
[12] So then death worketh () in us, but life in you.
[13] We having () 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 which raised up () the Lord Jesus shall raise up () us also by Jesus, and shall present () us with you.
[15] For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant () grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound () to the glory of God.
[16] For which cause we faint () not; but though our outward man perish, () yet the inward man is renewed () day by day.
[17] For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh () for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
[18] while we look not at () the things which are seen, () but at the things which are not seen: () for the things which are seen () are temporal; but the things which are not seen () are eternal.

2 Corinthians 4:2 Gr. shame
2 Corinthians 4:8 Or, altogether without help or means

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

2 Corinthians 4 (BYZ)

[1] Διὰ () τοῦτο () ἔχοντες () τὴν () διακονίαν () ταύτην, () καθὼς () ἠλεήθημεν, () οὐκ () ἐκκακοῦμεν· ()
[2] ἀλλὰ () ἀπειπάμεθα () τὰ () κρυπτὰ () τῆς () αἰσχύνης, () μὴ () περιπατοῦντες () ἐν () πανουργίᾳ () μηδὲ () δολοῦντες () τὸν () λόγον () τοῦ () θεοῦ, () ἀλλὰ () τῇ () φανερώσει () τῆς () ἀληθείας () συνιστῶντες () ἑαυτοὺς () πρὸς () πᾶσαν () συνείδησιν () ἀνθρώπων () ἐνώπιον () τοῦ () θεοῦ. ()
[3] Εἰ () δὲ () καὶ () ἔστιν () κεκαλυμμένον () τὸ () εὐαγγέλιον () ἡμῶν, () ἐν () τοῖς () ἀπολλυμένοις () ἐστὶν () κεκαλυμμένον· ()
[4] ἐν () οἷς () ὁ () θεὸς () τοῦ () αἰῶνος () τούτου () ἐτύφλωσεν () τὰ () νοήματα () τῶν () ἀπίστων, () εἰς () τὸ () μὴ () αὐγάσαι () αὐτοῖς () τὸν () φωτισμὸν () τοῦ () εὐαγγελίου () τῆς () δόξης () τοῦ () χριστοῦ, () ὅς () ἐστιν () εἰκὼν () τοῦ () θεοῦ. ()
[5] Οὐ () γὰρ () ἑαυτοὺς () κηρύσσομεν, () ἀλλὰ () χριστὸν () Ἰησοῦν () κύριον· () ἑαυτοὺς () δὲ () δούλους () ὑμῶν () διὰ () Ἰησοῦν. ()
[6] Ὅτι () ὁ () θεὸς () ὁ () εἰπὼν () ἐκ () σκότους () φῶς () λάμψαι, () ὃς () ἔλαμψεν () ἐν () ταῖς () καρδίαις () ἡμῶν () πρὸς () φωτισμὸν () τῆς () γνώσεως () τῆς () δόξης () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἐν () προσώπῳ () Ἰησοῦ () χριστοῦ. ()
[7] Ἔχομεν () δὲ () τὸν () θησαυρὸν () τοῦτον () ἐν () ὀστρακίνοις () σκεύεσιν, () ἵνα () ἡ () ὑπερβολὴ () τῆς () δυνάμεως () ᾖ () τοῦ () θεοῦ, () καὶ () μὴ () ἐξ () ἡμῶν· ()
[8] ἐν () παντὶ () θλιβόμενοι, () ἀλλ’ () οὐ () στενοχωρούμενοι· () ἀπορούμενοι, () ἀλλ’ () οὐκ () ἐξαπορούμενοι· ()
[9] διωκόμενοι, () ἀλλ’ () οὐκ () ἐγκαταλειπόμενοι· () καταβαλλόμενοι, () ἀλλ’ () οὐκ () ἀπολλύμενοι· ()
[10] πάντοτε () τὴν () νέκρωσιν () τοῦ () κυρίου () Ἰησοῦ () ἐν () τῷ () σώματι () περιφέροντες, () ἵνα () καὶ () ἡ () ζωὴ () τοῦ () Ἰησοῦ () ἐν () τῷ () σώματι () ἡμῶν () φανερωθῇ. ()
[11] Ἀεὶ () γὰρ () ἡμεῖς () οἱ () ζῶντες () εἰς () θάνατον () παραδιδόμεθα () διὰ () Ἰησοῦν, () ἵνα () καὶ () ἡ () ζωὴ () τοῦ () Ἰησοῦ () φανερωθῇ () ἐν () τῇ () θνητῇ () σαρκὶ () ἡμῶν. ()
[12] Ὥστε () ὁ () μὲν () θάνατος () ἐν () ἡμῖν () ἐνεργεῖται, () ἡ () δὲ () ζωὴ () ἐν () ὑμῖν. ()
[13] Ἔχοντες () δὲ () τὸ () αὐτὸ () πνεῦμα () τῆς () πίστεως, () κατὰ () τὸ () γεγραμμένον, () Ἐπίστευσα, () διὸ () ἐλάλησα, () καὶ () ἡμεῖς () πιστεύομεν, () διὸ () καὶ () λαλοῦμεν· ()
[14] εἰδότες () ὅτι () ὁ () ἐγείρας () τὸν () κύριον () Ἰησοῦν () καὶ () ἡμᾶς () διὰ () Ἰησοῦ () ἐγερεῖ, () καὶ () παραστήσει () σὺν () ὑμῖν. ()
[15] Τὰ () γὰρ () πάντα () δι’ () ὑμᾶς, () ἵνα () ἡ () χάρις () πλεονάσασα () διὰ () τῶν () πλειόνων () τὴν () εὐχαριστίαν () περισσεύσῃ () εἰς () τὴν () δόξαν () τοῦ () θεοῦ. ()
[16] Διὸ () οὐκ () ἐκκακοῦμεν, () ἀλλ’ () εἰ () καὶ () ὁ () ἔξω () ἡμῶν () ἄνθρωπος () διαφθείρεται, () ἀλλ’ () ὁ () ἔσωθεν () ἀνακαινοῦται () ἡμέρᾳ () καὶ () ἡμέρᾳ. ()
[17] Τὸ () γὰρ () παραυτίκα () ἐλαφρὸν () τῆς () θλίψεως () ἡμῶν () καθ’ () ὑπερβολὴν () εἰς () ὑπερβολὴν () αἰώνιον () βάρος () δόξης () κατεργάζεται () ἡμῖν, ()
[18] μὴ () σκοπούντων () ἡμῶν () τὰ () βλεπόμενα, () ἀλλὰ () τὰ () μὴ () βλεπόμενα· () τὰ () γὰρ () βλεπόμενα () πρόσκαιρα· () τὰ () δὲ () μὴ () βλεπόμενα () αἰώνια. ()

2 Corinthians 4:1 N ἐκκακοῦμεν ⇒ ἐγκακοῦμεν
2 Corinthians 4:2 N συνιστῶντες ⇒ συνιστάνοντες
2 Corinthians 4:4 N αὐτοῖς ⇒ -
2 Corinthians 4:5 N χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν ⇒ Ἰησοῦν χριστὸν
2 Corinthians 4:6a N λάμψαι ⇒ λάμψει
2 Corinthians 4:6b N Ἰησοῦ ⇒ [Ἰησοῦ]
2 Corinthians 4:10 N κυρίου ⇒ -
2 Corinthians 4:12 N μὲν ⇒ -
2 Corinthians 4:14 N διὰ ⇒ σὺν
2 Corinthians 4:16a N ἐκκακοῦμεν ⇒ ἐγκακοῦμεν
2 Corinthians 4:16b N ἔσωθεν ⇒ ἔσω ἡμῶν