2Corinthians 4 - Prayer Tents

4Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.G1223G5124G2192G5026G1248G2531G1653G1573G3756 2Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.G235G550G2927G152G3361G4043G1722G3834G3366G1389G3056G2316G1389G235G5321G225G4921G1438G4314G3956G444G4893G1799G2316 3And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.G1161G1499G2257G2098G2076G2572G2076G2572G1722G622 4The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.G1722G3739G2316G5127G165G5186G3540G571G1519G3361G5462G1391G2098G5547G3739G2076G1504G2316G826G846 5For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.G1063G2784G3756G1438G235G5547G2424G2962G1161G1438G5216G1401G1223G2424G1223 6For 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 Christ.G3754G2316G3588G2036G5457G2989G1537G4655G3739G2989G1722G2257G2588G4314G5462G1108G1391G2316G1722G4383G2424G5547 7But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.G1161G2192G5126G2344G1722G3749G4632G2443G5236G1411G5600G2316G2532G3361G1537G2257 8We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;G2346G1722G3956G235G3756G4729G639G235G3756G1820 9persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.G1377G235G3756G1459G2598G235G3756G622 10We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.G3842G4064G1722G4983G3500G2962G2424G2443G2222G2532G2424G5319G1722G2257G4983 11For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body.G2249G3588G2198G3860G104G1063G3860G1519G2288G1223G2424G1223G2443G2222G2532G2424G5319G1722G2257G2349G4561 12So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.G5620G3303G2288G1754G1722G2254G1161G2222G1722G5213 13It is written: "I believed; therefore I have spoken." With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak,G1161G2192G846G4151G4102G2596G1125G4100G1352G2980G2249G2532G4100G2532G1352G2980 14because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in his presence.G1492G3754G1453G2962G2424G1453G2248G2532G1223G2424G2532G3936G4862G5213 15All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.G1063G3956G1223G5209G1223G2443G4121G5485G4052G1223G2169G4119G4052G1519G1391G2316 16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.G1352G1573G3756G235G1499G2257G1854G444G1311G235G2081G341G2250G2532G2250 17For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.G1063G2257G1645G2347G3588G3910G2716G2254G2596G5236G1519G5236G166G922G1391 18So 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.G4648G2257G4648G3361G4648G991G235G991G3361G991G1063G991G4340G1161G991G3361G991G166