| New King James Version | International Standard Version |
| 1Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart. | 1Therefore, since we have this ministry through the mercy shown to us, we do not get discouraged. |
| 2But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. | 2Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not use trickery or pervert God's word. By clear statements of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God. |
| 3But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, | 3So if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are dying. |
| 4whose 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. | 4In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe to keep them from seeing the light of the glorious gospel of the Messiah, who is the image of God. |
| 5For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake. | 5For we do not preach ourselves, but rather Jesus the Messiah as Lord, and ourselves as merely your servants for Jesus' sake. |
| 6For 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. | 6For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Jesus the Messiah. |
| 7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. | 7But we have this treasure in clay jars to show that its extraordinary power comes from God and not from us. |
| 8We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; | 8In every way we're troubled but not crushed, frustrated but not in despair, |
| 9persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed— | 9persecuted but not abandoned, struck down but not destroyed. |
| 10always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. | 10We are always carrying around the death of Jesus in our bodies, so that the life of Jesus may be clearly shown in our bodies. |
| 11For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. | 11While we are alive, we are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be clearly shown in our mortal bodies. |
| 12So then death is working in us, but life in you. | 12And so death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. |
| 13And 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, | 13Now since we have the same spirit of faith in keeping with this Scripture: "I believed, and so I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak. |
| 14knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you. | 14We know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us to God together with you. |
| 15For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God. | 15All this is for your sake so that, as his grace spreads, more and more people will give thanks and glorify God. |
| 16Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. | 16That's why we are not discouraged. No, even if outwardly we are wearing out, inwardly we are being renewed each and every day. |
| 17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, | 17This light, temporary nature of our suffering is producing for us an everlasting weight of glory, far beyond any comparison, |
| 18while 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. | 18because we do not look for things that can be seen but for things that cannot be seen. For things that can be seen are temporary, but things that cannot be seen are eternal. |
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