OET 2COR chapter 4

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4:1 The treasure placed in human containers

4 So because we have this ministry as a result of God’s mercy, we’re not discouraged 2 but rather, we have renounced any shameful things that were hidden and continue our spiritual journey. Avoiding deception and taking care not to distort God’s message, we present the truth clearly even as we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience before God. 3 But even if our good message is concealed, it’s concealed from those who are perishing. 4 The god of this age has blinded the thinking of the unbelievers so that the light of the good message about the greatness of the messiah who’s God’s image, doesn’t radiate out to them, 5 because it’s not us ourselves that we’re proclaiming, but the master Yeshua Messiah. We serve as your slaves because of him, 6 [ref]because the God who said, ‘Light will be shining out of the darkness’, shined in our hearts so that we could experience God’s greatness in the face of Yeshua Messiah.

7 So we have this treasure stored in containers made from the dirt, so that the excellence of the power will be from God and not from us ourselves. 8 We might be oppressed but we won’t be crushed, perplexed but we won’t despair, 9 persecuted but we won’t be abandoned, and struck down but we won’t perish. 10 We always carry around in our bodies the death of Yeshua, so that the life of Yeshua may also be revealed in our bodies, 11 because we who are alive are always being given over to death for Yeshua’s sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal bodies. 12 So then, death is working in us, but life is working in all of you.

13 [ref]We have the same spirit of faith as what’s written: ‘I believed, therefore I talked about it.’ We also believe so we also talk about it, 14 knowing that the one who brought Yeshua back to life, will also bring us back to life along with Yeshua, and will be presenting us along with all of you. 15 All of this is for you, so that after experiencing much grace, you all will be even more thankful and thus honour God.

4 Because _of this having the service this, as we _were _shown _mercy, not we _are _losing _heart.
2 But we _renounced the hidden things of_ the _shame, neither walking in craftiness, nor falsifying the message of_ the _god, but the by _manifestation of _the truth, commending ourselves to every conscience of _people before the god.
3 But if also is having _been _concealed the good _message of _us, in the ones perishing it _is having _been _concealed, 4 in whom the god of_ the _age this blinded the thinking of _the unbelievers, in _order that not to _radiate the enlightenment of _the good _message of _the glory of _the chosen _one /messiah, who is the_image of_ the _god.
5 For/Because not ourselves we _are _proclaiming, but Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) chosen _one /messiah the_master, and ourselves slaves of _you _all because _of Yaʸsous.
6 Because the god which having _said:
Out _of darkness light will _be _shining, who shined in the hearts of _us, because/for enlightenment of _the knowledge of _the glory of_ the _god in the_face of_Yaʸsous chosen _one /messiah.
7 But we _are _having the treasure this in earthen vessels, in _order _that the excellent of _the power may _be of_ the _god, and not from us, 8 in everything being _oppressed, but not being _crushed, perplexing, but not despairing, 9 being _persecuted, but not being _abandoned, being _struck _down, but not perishing, 10 always the death of_ the _Yaʸsous in our body carrying _about, in _order _that also the life of_ the _Yaʸsous in the body of _us may _be _revealed.
11 For/Because always we, the ones living, to death are _being _given _over because _of Yaʸsous, in _order _that also the life of _the of_Yaʸsous may _be _revealed in the mortal flesh of _us.
12 So _then the death in us is _working, but the life in you _all.
13 But having the same spirit of_ the _faith, according _to the message having _been _written:
I _believed, therefore I _spoke, also we are _believing, therefore also we _are _speaking, 14 having _known that the one having _raised the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), also us with Yaʸsous will _be _raising, and will _be _presenting us with you _all.
15 For/Because the things all are because _of you _all, in _order _that the grace having _been _plentiful through the more, the thanksgiving may _be _plentiful to the glory of_ the _god.

4:16 Valuing what’s actually important

16 Because of that we’re not discouraged because even if our outer person is being ruined, our inner person is being renewed day by day 17 because our small, temporary troubles will produce an excess of great honour for us. 18 We don’t just look at what we can see, but include the things that can’t be seen, because visible things are temporary, but the things that last forever are invisible to our eyes.

4:6: Gen 1:3.

4:13: Psa 116:10 (LXX).

16 Therefore not we _are _losing _heart, but if also the outside of _us person is _being _ruined, but the person inside of _us is _being _renewed by _day and day.
17 For/Because the momentary light of_ the _tribulation as excess to excess an_eternal burden of _glory, is _producing for _us, 18 not observing of _us the things being _seen, but the things not being _seen, because/for the things being _seen are temporary, but the things not being _seen are eternal.

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