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2 Corinthians 4 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:1 - For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:2 - And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:3 - But if our good news is veiled, it is veiled from those who are on the way to destruction:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:4 - Because the god of this world has made blind the minds of those who have not faith, so that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not be shining on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:5 - For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:6 - Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:7 - But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:8 - Troubles are round us on every side, but we are not shut in; things are hard for us, but we see a way out of them;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:9 - We are cruelly attacked, but not without hope; we are made low, but we are not without help;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:10 - In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:11 - For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:12 - So then, death is working in us, but life in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:13 - But having the same spirit of faith, as it is said in the Writings, The words of my mouth came from the faith in my heart; in the same way, our words are the outcome of our faith;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:14 - Because we are certain that he who made the Lord Jesus come back from the dead, will do the same for us, and will give us a place in his glory with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:15 - For we go through all things on account of you, because the greater the number to whom the grace is given, the greater is the praise to the glory of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:16 - For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:17 - For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:18 - While our minds are not on the things which are seen, but on the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are for a time; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
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2 Corinthians Chapter 4 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Morphological Greek New Testament Textus Receptus Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras