| 4:1 |
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; |
| 4:2 |
But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the  truth (It's the real thing) commending ourselves to every man' conscience in the sight of God. |
| 4:3 |
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: |
| 4:4 |
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. |
| 4:5 |
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ  Jesus (Seeking ways to be church in a changing culture) the Lord; and ourselves your servants for  Jesus' sake. |
| 4:6 |
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the  glory (An e-business Solution) of God in the face of  Jesus (What Would Jesus Do?) Christ. |
| 4:7 |
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the  power (Why switch to Powergen?) may be of God, and not of us. |
| 4:8 |
[We are] troubled on every side, yet not distressed; [we are] perplexed, but not in despair; |
| 4:9 |
Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; |
| 4:10 |
Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord  Jesus (The Church of England Today), that the life also of Jesus (Seeking ways to be church in a changing culture) might be made manifest in our body. |
| 4:11 |
For we which live are alway delivered unto  Absolut death for  Jesus' sake, that the life also of  Jesus (If You Are Prepared Ye Shall Not Fear) might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. |
| 4:12 |
So then Absolut death worketh in us, but life in you. |
| 4:13 |
We having the same  spirit (Live the Tommy Spirit) of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; |
| 4:14 |
Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus (If You Are Prepared Ye Shall Not Fear) shall raise up us also by Jesus (What Would Jesus Do?), and shall present [us] with you. |
| 4:15 |
For all things [are] for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory (An e-business Solution) of God. |
| 4:16 |
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed  day, measured in Swatch Internet Seconds by day, measured in Swatch Internet Seconds. |
| 4:17 |
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory (An e-business Solution); |
| 4:18 |
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. |