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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Corinthians 4 Literal Standard Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_corinthians/4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_corinthians/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSV</a> > 2 Corinthians 4</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_corinthians/3.htm" title="2 Corinthians 3">◄</a> 2 Corinthians 4 <a href="../2_corinthians/5.htm" title="2 Corinthians 5">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Literal Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/2_corinthians/4-1.htm#aramaic" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Because of this, having this ministry, according as we received kindness, we do not faint, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>but renounced for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves to every conscience of men, before God; <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and if our good news is also veiled, it is veiled in those perishing, <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>in whom the god of this age blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that there does not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God; <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>for we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus—LORD, and [we are] ourselves your servants because of Jesus; <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>because [it is] God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who shined in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not of us, <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>being in tribulation in every [way], but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>at all times carrying around in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body, <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>for we who are living are always delivered up to death because of Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our dying flesh, <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>so that, death indeed works in us, and life in you.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And having the same spirit of faith, according to that which has been written: “I believed, therefore I spoke”; we also believe, therefore we also speak; <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus, will also raise us up through Jesus, and will present [us] with you, <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>for all things [are] because of you, that the grace having been multiplied, because of the thanksgiving of the more, may abound to the glory of God;<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>for this reason, we do not faint, but if our outward man also decays, yet the inward is renewed day by day; <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>for the momentary light matter of our tribulation works out for us more and more an exceedingly continuous weight of glory— <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>we [are] not looking to the things seen, but to the things not seen; 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