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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 Catholic Public Domain 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="../">CPDV</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">Catholic Public Domain Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/2_corinthians/4-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Light of the Gospel<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Therefore, since we have this ministry, and in as much as we have obtained mercy for ourselves, we are not inadequate. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For we renounce dishonorable and hidden acts, not walking by craftiness, nor by adulterating the Word of God. Instead, by the manifestation of truth, we commend ourselves to the conscience of each man before God. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But if our Gospel is in some way hidden, it is hidden to those who are perishing. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>As for them, the god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, would not shine in them. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For we are not preaching about ourselves, but about Jesus Christ our Lord. We are merely your servants through Jesus. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For God, who told the light to shine out of darkness, has shined a light into our hearts, to illuminate the knowledge of the splendor of God, in the person of Christ Jesus.<p> <A name="8"></a><p class="hdg">Treasure in Jars of Clay<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../romans/6.htm">Romans 6:1–14</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But we hold this treasure in earthen vessels, so that what is sublime may be of the power 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>In all things, we endure tribulation, yet we are not in anguish. We are constrained, yet we are not destitute. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>We suffer persecution, yet we have not been abandoned. We are thrown down, yet we do not perish. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>We ever carry around the mortification of Jesus in our bodies, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For we who live are ever handed over unto death for the sake of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our mortal flesh. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Therefore, death is at work in us, and life is at work in you.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But we have the same Spirit of faith. And just as it is written, “I believed, and for that reason I spoke,” so we also believe, and for that reason, we also speak. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For we know that the One who raised up Jesus will raise us up also with Jesus and will place us with you. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Thus, all is for you, so that grace, abounding through many in thanksgiving, 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 are not insufficient. But it is as though our outer man is corrupted, while our inner man is renewed from day to day. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For though our tribulation is, at the present time, brief and light, it accomplishes in us the weight of a sublime eternal glory, beyond measure. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And we are contemplating, not the things that are seen, but the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are temporal, whereas the things that are not seen are eternal.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>