¹ Therefore, having this ministry, as we have had mercy shewn us, we faint not.

² But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of¹ God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before² God.

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³ But if also our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in those that are lost;

⁴ in whom the¹ god of this world has blinded the thoughts of the unbelieving, so that the radiancy of the glad tidings of the glory of the Christ, who is [the] image of² God, should not shine forth [for them].

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⁵ For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus Lord, and ourselves your bondmen for Jesus' sake.

⁶ Because [it is] the¹ God who spoke that out of darkness light should shine who has shone in our hearts for the shining forth of the knowledge of the glory of² God in [the] face of [Jesus] Christ.

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⁷ But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassingness of the power may be of¹ God, and not from us:

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⁸ every way afflicted, but not straitened; seeing no apparent issue, but our way not entirely shut up;

⁹ persecuted, but not abandoned; cast down, but not destroyed;

¹⁰ always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body;

¹¹ for we who live are always delivered unto death on account of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh;

¹² so that death works in us, but life in you.

¹³ And having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, I have believed, therefore have I spoken; we also believe, therefore also we speak;

¹⁴ knowing that he who has raised the Lord Jesus shall raise us also with Jesus, and shall present [us] with you.

¹⁵ For all things [are] for your sakes, that the grace abounding through the many may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of¹ God.

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¹⁶ Wherefore we faint not; but if indeed our outward man is consumed, yet the inward is renewed day by day.

¹⁷ For our momentary [and] light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory;

¹⁸ while we look not at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen; for the things that are seen [are] for a time, but those that are not seen eternal.