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2 Corinthians 4:1-6
Disciples’ Literal New Testament

So We Don’t Lose Heart In This Ministry Or Its Reception; God Is Shining Through Us

4 For this reason, having this ministry even-as[a] we received-mercy, we do not lose-heart. 2 But we renounced the hidden things of [b] shame, not walking in craftiness[c], nor handling-deceitfully[d] the word of God, but by the open-disclosure of the truth, commending[e] ourselves to every conscience of mankind[f] in the sight of God. 3 And if indeed our good-news is veiled, it is veiled in the ones perishing, 4 in whose case the god of this age blinded the minds of the unbelievers so that they might not see[g] the illumination of the good-news of the glory of Christ— Who is the image of God. 5 For we are not proclaiming ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for the sake of Jesus, 6 because God, the One having said “Light will shine out of darkness”, is He Who shined in our hearts for[h] the illumination of [i] the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 4:1 That is, as a gift of His grace.
  2. 2 Corinthians 4:2 That is, proceeding from shameful motives; or, resulting in shame when they become known. It is failure to attain hidden self-focused motives that causes us to lose heart.
  3. 2 Corinthians 4:2 Or, trickery. That is, using any means to gain our end.
  4. 2 Corinthians 4:2 Or, adulterating, distorting, falsifying.
  5. 2 Corinthians 4:2 Or, presenting.
  6. 2 Corinthians 4:2 That is, every individual conscience of all people with whom we come in contact.
  7. 2 Corinthians 4:4 Or, so that the illumination of the good-news of the glory of Christ might not shine-forth on them.
  8. 2 Corinthians 4:6 That is, to create in us.
  9. 2 Corinthians 4:6 That is, consisting of; or, produced by.
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2 Corinthians 4:1-6
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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)

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  1. 2 Corinthians 4:6 Gen. 1:3
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