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1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Therefore, since God in his mercy has given us this new way, we never give up. |
2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2We reject all shameful deeds and underhanded methods. We don’t try to trick anyone or distort the word of God. We tell the truth before God, and all who are honest know this. |
3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3If the Good News we preach is hidden behind a veil, it is hidden only from people who are perishing. |
4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God. |
5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5You see, we don’t go around preaching about ourselves. We preach that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we ourselves are your servants for Jesus’ sake. |
6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ. |
7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves. |
8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. |
9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed. |
10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies. |
11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Yes, we live under constant danger of death because we serve Jesus, so that the life of Jesus will be evident in our dying bodies. |
12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12So we live in the face of death, but this has resulted in eternal life for you. |
13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13But we continue to preach because we have the same kind of faith the psalmist had when he said, “I believed in God, so I spoke.” |
14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14We know that God, who raised the Lord Jesus, will also raise us with Jesus and present us to himself together with you. |
15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15All of this is for your benefit. And as God’s grace reaches more and more people, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory. |
16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. |
17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! |
18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever. |
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