4:1 Therefore,
having
this
ministry
by
the
mercy
of
God,
we
do
not
lose
heart.
4:2 But
we
have
renounced
disgraceful,
underhanded
ways.
We
refuse
to
practice
cunning
or
to
tamper
with
God's
word,
but
by
the
open
statement
of
the
truth
we
would
commend
ourselves
to
everyone's
conscience
in
the
sight
of
God.
4:3 And
even
if
our
gospel
is
veiled,
it
is
veiled
only
to
those
who
are
perishing.
4:4 In
their
case
the
god
of
this
world
has
blinded
the
minds
of
the
unbelievers,
to
keep
them
from
seeing
the
light
of
the
gospel
of
the
glory
of
Christ,
who
is
the
image
of
God.
4:5 For
what
we
proclaim
is
not
ourselves,
but
Jesus
Christ
as
Lord,
with
ourselves
as
your
servants
for
Jesus'
sake.
4:6 For
God,
who
said,
"Let
light
shine
out
of
darkness,"
has
shone
in
our
hearts
to
give
the
light
of
the
knowledge
of
the
glory
of
God
in
the
face
of
Jesus
Christ.
4:7 But
we
have
this
treasure
in
jars
of
clay,
to
show
that
the
surpassing
power
belongs
to
God
and
not
to
us.
4:8 We
are
afflicted
in
every
way,
but
not
crushed;
perplexed,
but
not
driven
to
despair;
4:9 persecuted,
but
not
forsaken;
struck
down,
but
not
destroyed;
4:10 always
carrying
in
the
body
the
death
of
Jesus,
so
that
the
life
of
Jesus
may
also
be
manifested
in
our
bodies.
4:11 For
we
who
live
are
always
being
given
over
to
death
for
Jesus'
sake,
so
that
the
life
of
Jesus
also
may
be
manifested
in
our
mortal
flesh.
4:12 So
death
is
at
work
in
us,
but
life
in
you.
4:13 Since
we
have
the
same
spirit
of
faith
according
to
what
has
been
written,
"I
believed,
and
so
I
spoke,"
we
also
believe,
and
so
we
also
speak,
4:14 knowing
that
he
who
raised
the
Lord
Jesus
will
raise
us
also
with
Jesus
and
bring
us
with
you
into
his
presence.
4:15 For
it
is
all
for
your
sake,
so
that
as
grace
extends
to
more
and
more
people
it
may
increase
thanksgiving,
to
the
glory
of
God.
4:16 So
we
do
not
lose
heart.
Though
our
outer
self
is
wasting
away,
our
inner
self
is
being
renewed
day
by
day.
4:17 For
this
light
momentary
affliction
is
preparing
for
us
an
eternal
weight
of
glory
beyond
all
comparison,
4:18 as
we
look
not
to
the
things
that
are
seen
but
to
the
things
that
are
unseen.
For
the
things
that
are
seen
are
transient,
but
the
things
that
are
unseen
are
eternal.