2 Corinthians 4
All 18 verses in the Clear Bible Translation. Tap a verse to compare the KJV and read what it means.
Read 2 Corinthians 4 in the Bible reader, with audio →
- 1Therefore, since we have this ministry and have received mercy, we do not lose heart.
- 2But we have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness or handling the word of God deceitfully. Instead, by making the truth known openly, we commend ourselves to every person's conscience in the sight of God.
- 3But if our gospel is hidden, it is hidden to those who are perishing.
- 4The god of this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers so that they can't see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.
- 5We don't preach about ourselves — we preach Christ Jesus as Lord. We're simply your servants for Jesus' sake.
- 6The same God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has made his light shine in our hearts, giving us the light of knowing God's glory as it shines in the face of Jesus Christ.
- 7But we carry this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power may be of God and not from us.
- 8We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair.
- 9We're persecuted, but never abandoned. We're knocked down, but never destroyed.
- 10We always carry in our bodies the death of the Lord Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our bodies.
- 11For we who live are always handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal flesh.
- 12So death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
- 13We have the same spirit of faith, as it is written: 'I believed, and therefore I spoke.' We also believe, and therefore we speak.
- 14We know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us by Jesus and will present us with you.
- 15For all things are for your benefit, so that abundant grace, through the thanksgiving of many, may bring glory to God.
- 16That's why we don't lose heart. Even though our outer selves are wasting away, our inner selves are being renewed day by day.
- 17For our light affliction, which lasts only a moment, is producing for us a far greater and eternal weight of glory;
- 18So we fix our eyes not on what we can see, but on what we can't see. What we can see is temporary, but what we can't see is eternal.