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2 Corinthians 4

18 aligned verses; 18 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Therefore seeing we have this ministry , even as we obtained mercy, we faint not :
Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry , we do not lose heart.
but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness , nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit , nor do we distort the word of God . On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth , we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in them that perish:
And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
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' .
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus ' sake.
For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus sake.
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.
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness, made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God , and not from ourselves;
Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
` we are ' pressed on every side , yet not straitened ; perplexed, yet not unto despair;
We are hard pressed on all sides , but not crushed ; perplexed, but not in despair;
pursued , yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed ;
persecuted , but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed .
always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.
We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
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 .
For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body .
So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
So then , death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
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 ;
And in keeping with what is written : I believed, therefore I have spoken,” we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak ,
knowing that he that raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also with Jesus , and shall present us with you.
knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence .
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.
All this is for your benefit , so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may overflow in thanksgiving , to the glory of God.
Wherefore we faint not ; but though our outward man is decaying , yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away , yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
For our light affliction , which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory ;
For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison.
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.
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

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