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but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in them that perish: <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them . <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus'sake. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.</p> <a name="7" id="7"></a><p class="hdg">Treasures in Jars of Clay<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../romans/6.htm">Romans 6:1-14</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>we are pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus'sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So then death worketh in us, but life in you.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, I believed, and therefore did I speak; we also believe, and therefore also we speak; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>knowing that he that raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also with Jesus, and shall present us with you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound unto the glory of God.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>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.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">American Standard Version, 1901<br /><br /><a href="//intbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy INT Bible<br />© 2013, Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_corinthians/3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Corinthians 3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_corinthians/5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Corinthians 5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/2_corinthians/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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