Darby Bible Translation

New King James Version

The Light of the Gospel

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

The Light of Christ’s Gospel

Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart.

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

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But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor [a]handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

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

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But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,

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in whom the 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 of God, should not shine forth [for them].

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whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.

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

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For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake.

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Because [it is] the 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 of God in [the] face of [Jesus] Christ.

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For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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Treasures in Jars of Clay

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

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Cast Down but Unconquered

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.

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

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We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

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

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persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed —

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

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always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.

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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;

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For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

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

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So then death is working in us, but life in you.

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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;

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And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak,

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

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knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you.

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

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For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

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

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Seeing the Invisible

Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.

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

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For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,

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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.

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while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Parallel

Darby Bible Translation

New King James Version

2 Corinthians 4

2 Corinthians 4