New Testament · Letters

2 Corinthians chapter 4

So since God, in his , has given us to do, we don’t .Instead, we’ve rejected the . We don’t use tricks, and we don’t . The opposite — by laying the truth out in the open, we put ourselves before the of every person, with God as our witness.And even if our is , it’s veiled only to those who are — has of those who won’t believe, so they can’t see the light of the good news about the of , who is the of God.Because we’re not promoting ourselves — we’re announcing Jesus as , and ourselves as your because of Jesus.Because the same God who said, “” has — so we could see and share the knowledge of God’s , shining in the face of Jesus, The One.But we carry this in — to make it clear that this comes from God, not from us.We’re from every side, but not crushed. We’re , but not in .We’re , but not . We’re , but not destroyed.We always carry around in our bodies , so that the of Jesus can also be seen in our bodies.Because we who are alive are constantly being for Jesus’ sake, so that his life can show through our .So in us, but life is at work in you.But we have the same that the Scripture talks about when it says, “.” We also trust, and so we also speak —because we know that the one who Jesus from death will raise us too, along with Jesus, and will bring us together with you .Because all of this is for your benefit, so that as God’s spreads to more and more people, will overflow even more — and bring even greater to God.That’s why we don’t lose heart. Even though our are wearing out, our are being day after day.Because our present troubles are , but they’re producing for us a and lasts forever.So we don’t on what we can see, but on what we can’t see. Because what we can see is , but what we can’t see .