Thematic Bible
2 Corinthians 4:1 (show verse)
Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart.
2 Corinthians 4:2 (show verse)
But we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians 4:3 (show verse)
And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
2 Corinthians 4:4 (show verse)
In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
2 Corinthians 4:5 (show verse)
For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
2 Corinthians 4:6 (show verse)
For it is the God who said, "Let light 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 Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:7 (show verse)
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.
2 Corinthians 4:8 (show verse)
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
2 Corinthians 4:9 (show verse)
persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;
2 Corinthians 4:10 (show verse)
always carrying about in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.
2 Corinthians 4:11 (show verse)
For we who live are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
2 Corinthians 4:12 (show verse)
So then death is at work in us, but life in you.
2 Corinthians 4:13 (show verse)
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,
2 Corinthians 4:14 (show verse)
knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.
2 Corinthians 4:15 (show verse)
For all this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
2 Corinthians 4:16 (show verse)
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, yet our inner nature is being renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 4:17 (show verse)
For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,
2 Corinthians 4:18 (show verse)
while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are unseen; for the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are unseen are eternal.