1 B ecause of this, having this ministration, according as we did receive kindness, we do not faint,

¶ Therefore seeing we have this ministry, according to the mercy we have received, we fault not,

2 b ut did renounce for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves unto every conscience of men, before God;

but remove from ourselves every hidden shameful thing, not walking in craftiness, nor adulterating the word of God, but in the manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

3 a nd if also our good news is vailed, in those perishing it is vailed,

But if our gospel is hid, it is hid to those that are lost,

4 i n whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;

In whom the god of this age has blinded the understanding of those who do not believe, that the light of the gospel of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine in them.

5 f or not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus -- Lord, and ourselves your servants because of Jesus;

For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your slaves for Jesus’ sake.

6 b ecause God who said, Out of darkness light to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

For the God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts to bring forth the light of the knowledge of the clarity of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

7 A nd we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us;

But we have this treasure in clay vessels that the excellency of the virtue may be of God, and not of us.

8 o n every side being in tribulation, but not straitened; perplexed, but not in despair;

¶ We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are unsure of our lives, but not in despair;

9 p ersecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

10 a t all times the dying of the Lord Jesus bearing about in the body, that the life also of Jesus in our body may be manifested,

always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

11 f or always are we who are living delivered up to death because of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our dying flesh,

For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

12 s o that, the death indeed in us doth work, and the life in you.

So then death works in us, but life in you.

13 A nd having the same spirit of the faith, according to that which hath been written, `I believed, therefore I did speak;' we also do believe, therefore also do we speak;

We having the same Spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed and, therefore, I have spoken; we also believe and, therefore, speak;

14 k nowing that He who did raise up the Lord Jesus, us also through Jesus shall raise up, and shall present with you,

knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise us up also by Jesus and shall present us with you.

15 f or the all things because of you, that the grace having been multiplied, because of the thanksgiving of the more, may abound to the glory of God;

For we suffer all these things for your sakes that the grace abounding through many may in the thanksgiving redound to the glory of God.

16 w herefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day;

Therefore we fault not; but though our outward man is wearing out, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

17 f or the momentary light matter of our tribulation, more and more exceedingly an age-during weight of glory doth work out for us --

For our tribulation, which is momentary and light, prepares an exceeding and eternal weight of glory unto us;

18 w e not looking to the things seen, but to the things not seen; for the things seen temporary, but the things not seen age-during.

while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen, for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.