1: Therefore seeing we have this ministry as we have received mercy we faint not 2: But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every one's conscience in the sight of God 3: But if our gospel be hid it is hid to them that are lost 4: In whom the god of this eon [1] has blinded the minds of them which believe not lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ who is the image of God should shine unto them 5: For we preach not ourselves but Christ Jesus the Lord [2] and ourselves your slaves for Jesus' sake 6: That the God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness has shined in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ 7: But we [the Body of Christ] have this treasure in earthen vessels that the transcendence of the power may be of God and not of us 8: We are troubled on every side yet not distressed we are perplexed but not in despair 9: Persecuted but not forsaken cast down but not destroyed 10: Always bearing about in The Body the dying of the Lord Jesus that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in The Body [Body of Christ] [3] 11: For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh 12: So then death works in us but life in you 13: We having the same spirit of faith according as it is written I believed and therefore have I spoken we also believe and therefore speak 14: Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus and shall present us with you 15: For all things are for your sakes that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God 16: For which cause we faint not but if the outward of us perish yet the inward is renewed day by day 17: For our light affliction which is but for a moment works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory 18: While we look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen [4] for the things which are seen are temporary but the things which are not seen are eternal.
[1]
2 Corinthians 4:4 is a perfect example of English-translation-theology. The
text does not say “god of this world.” The text says “god of this eon.”
The word eon speaks to the times and seasons of God’s plan for humanity.
[2]
One Lord One faith One baptism….Jesus is God, the LORD [YHWH].
[3]
…for this reason many are weak and sickly among you, not discerning the Body
of Christ.
[4]
We trust in the Lord with all of our hearts and lean not to our own
understanding (that which we can see).
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