CHAPTER 4
Instead,
we have renounced
secret
and shameful ways.
We do not practice
deceit,
nor
do we distort
the
word
of God.
On the contrary,
by open proclamation
of the
truth,
we commend
ourselves
to
every
man's
conscience
in the sight of
God.
The
god
of this
age
has blinded
the
minds
of
unbelievers
so
they cannot see
the
light
of the
gospel
of the
glory
of Christ,
who
is
the image
of God.
For
we do not proclaim
ourselves,
but
Jesus
Christ
as Lord,
and
ourselves
as your
servants
for Jesus’
sake.
For
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 Jesus
Christ.
Now
we have
this
treasure
in
jars
of clay
to show that
this
surpassingly great
power
is
from God
and
not
from
us.
We always
carry around
in
our
body
the
death
of Jesus,
so that
the
life
of Jesus
may also
be revealed
in
our
body.
For
we
who
are alive
are always
consigned
to
death
for Jesus’
sake,
so that
the
life
of Jesus
may also
be revealed
in
our
mortal
bodies.
And
in keeping with
what is written:
“I believed,
therefore
I have spoken,”
we
who have
the
same
spirit
of faith
also
believe
and
therefore
speak,
knowing
that
the One who
raised
the
Lord
Jesus
will also raise us
with
Jesus
and
present us
with
you in His presence .
All this is
for your benefit,
so that
the
grace
that is extending
to
more and more people
may overflow
in thanksgiving,
to
the
glory
of God.
Therefore
we do not lose heart.
Though
our
outer
self
is wasting away,
yet
our
inner
self
is being renewed
day
by
day.
For
our
light
and temporary
affliction
is producing
for us
an eternal
glory
that far
outweighs our troubles.
So 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.