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2 Coríntios 4
Nova Versão Internacional
2 Coríntios 4
Nova Versão Internacional
Tesouros em Vasos de Barro
4 Portanto, visto que temos este ministério pela misericórdia que nos foi dada, não desanimamos. 2 Antes, renunciamos aos procedimentos secretos e vergonhosos; não usamos de engano, nem torcemos a palavra de Deus. Ao contrário, mediante a clara exposição da verdade, recomendamo-nos à consciência de todos, diante de Deus. 3 Mas se o nosso evangelho está encoberto, para os que estão perecendo é que está encoberto. 4 O deus desta era cegou o entendimento dos descrentes, para que não vejam a luz do evangelho da glória de Cristo, que é a imagem de Deus. 5 Mas não pregamos a nós mesmos, mas a Jesus Cristo, o Senhor, e a nós como escravos de vocês, por causa de Jesus. 6 Pois Deus, que disse: “Das trevas resplandeça a luz”[a], ele mesmo brilhou em nossos corações, para iluminação do conhecimento da glória de Deus na face de Cristo.
7 Mas temos esse tesouro em vasos de barro, para mostrar que este poder que a tudo excede provém de Deus, e não de nós. 8 De todos os lados somos pressionados, mas não desanimados; ficamos perplexos, mas não desesperados; 9 somos perseguidos, mas não abandonados; abatidos, mas não destruídos. 10 Trazemos sempre em nosso corpo o morrer de Jesus, para que a vida de Jesus também seja revelada em nosso corpo. 11 Pois nós, que estamos vivos, somos sempre entregues à morte por amor a Jesus, para que a sua vida também se manifeste em nosso corpo mortal. 12 De modo que em nós atua a morte; mas em vocês, a vida.
13 Está escrito: “Cri, por isso falei”[b]. Com esse mesmo espírito de fé nós também cremos e, por isso, falamos, 14 porque sabemos que aquele que ressuscitou o Senhor Jesus dentre os mortos, também nos ressuscitará com Jesus e nos apresentará com vocês. 15 Tudo isso é para o bem de vocês, para que a graça, que está alcançando um número cada vez maior de pessoas, faça que transbordem as ações de graças para a glória de Deus.
16 Por isso não desanimamos. Embora exteriormente estejamos a desgastar-nos, interiormente estamos sendo renovados dia após dia, 17 pois os nossos sofrimentos leves e momentâneos estão produzindo para nós uma glória eterna que pesa mais do que todos eles. 18 Assim, fixamos os olhos, não naquilo que se vê, mas no que não se vê, pois o que se vê é transitório, mas o que não se vê é eterno.
2 Corinthians 4
King James Version
2 Corinthians 4
King James Version
4 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
2 But 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.
3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4 In 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.
5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
6 For 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.
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
10 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 For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
18 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.
2 Corinthians 4
New International Version
2 Corinthians 4
New International Version
Present Weakness and Resurrection Life
4 Therefore, since through God’s mercy(A) we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.(B) 2 Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways;(C) we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God.(D) On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience(E) in the sight of God. 3 And even if our gospel(F) is veiled,(G) it is veiled to those who are perishing.(H) 4 The god(I) of this age(J) has blinded(K) the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ,(L) who is the image of God.(M) 5 For what we preach is not ourselves,(N) but Jesus Christ as Lord,(O) and ourselves as your servants(P) for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”[a](Q) made his light shine in our hearts(R) to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.(S)
7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay(T) to show that this all-surpassing power is from God(U) and not from us. 8 We are hard pressed on every side,(V) but not crushed; perplexed,(W) but not in despair; 9 persecuted,(X) but not abandoned;(Y) struck down, but not destroyed.(Z) 10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus,(AA) so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.(AB) 11 For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake,(AC) so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. 12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.(AD)
13 It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.”[b](AE) Since we have that same spirit of[c] faith,(AF) we also believe and therefore speak, 14 because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead(AG) will also raise us with Jesus(AH) and present us with you to himself.(AI) 15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving(AJ) to overflow to the glory of God.
16 Therefore we do not lose heart.(AK) Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly(AL) we are being renewed(AM) day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.(AN) 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen,(AO) since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 4:6 Gen. 1:3
- 2 Corinthians 4:13 Psalm 116:10 (see Septuagint)
- 2 Corinthians 4:13 Or Spirit-given
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