| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 1Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart. | 1Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; |
| 2But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. | 2But 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 man's conscience in the sight of God. |
| 3But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, | 3But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: |
| 4whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them. | 4In whom the god of this world hath 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. |
| 5For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake. | 5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. |
| 6For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. | 6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. |
| 7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. | 7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. |
| 8We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; | 8We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; |
| 9persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed— | 9Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; |
| 10always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. | 10Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. |
| 11For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. | 11For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. |
| 12So then death is working in us, but life in you. | 12So then death worketh in us, but life in you. |
| 13And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak, | 13We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; |
| 14knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you. | 14Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. |
| 15For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God. | 15For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. |
| 16Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. | 16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. |
| 17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, | 17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; |
| 18while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. | 18While 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. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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