2 Corinthians 4 NLT ISV Parallel

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1Therefore, since God in his mercy has given us this new way, we never give up.

1Therefore, since we have this ministry through the mercy shown to us, we do not get discouraged.

2We reject all shameful deeds and underhanded methods. We don’t try to trick anyone or distort the word of God. We tell the truth before God, and all who are honest know this.

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.

3If the Good News we preach is hidden behind a veil, it is hidden only from people who are perishing.

3So if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are dying.

4Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.

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.

5You see, we don’t go around preaching about ourselves. We preach that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we ourselves are your servants 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 God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen 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.

7We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.

7But we have this treasure in clay jars to show that its extraordinary power comes from God and not from us.

8We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair.

8In every way we're troubled but not crushed, frustrated but not in despair,

9We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed.

9persecuted but not abandoned, struck down but not destroyed.

10Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies.

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.

11Yes, we live under constant danger of death because we serve Jesus, so that the life of Jesus will be evident in our dying bodies.

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 we live in the face of death, but this has resulted in eternal life for you.

12And so death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

13But we continue to preach because we have the same kind of faith the psalmist had when he said, “I believed in God, so I spoke.”

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.

14We know that God, who raised the Lord Jesus, will also raise us with Jesus and present us to himself together 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.

15All of this is for your benefit. And as God’s grace reaches more and more people, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory.

15All this is for your sake so that, as his grace spreads, more and more people will give thanks and glorify God.

16That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every 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 present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!

17This light, temporary nature of our suffering is producing for us an everlasting weight of glory, far beyond any comparison,

18So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.

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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