<vn='1'><sn="1223 5124">Therefore</s> seeing we <sn="2192">have</s><sn="5026">this</s><sn="1248">ministry</s>, <sn="2531">as</s> we have received <sn="1653">mercy</s>, we <sn="1573">faint</s><sn="3756">not</s>; </v>
<vn='2'><sn="235">But</s> have <sn="550">renounced</s><sn="3588">the</s> hidden <sn="2927">things</s> of <sn="152">dishonesty</s>, <sn="3361">not</s><sn="4043">walking</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3834">craftiness</s>, <sn="3366">nor</s> handling the word of God <sn="1389 3588 3056 2316">deceitfully</s>; <sn="235">but</s> by <sn="5321">manifestation</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="225">truth</s><sn="4921">commending</s><sn="1438">ourselves</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="3956">every</s><sn="444">man</s> 's <sn="4893">conscience</s> in the <sn="1799">sight</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="1487 *2532">if</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="2098">gospel</s><sn="2076">be</s><sn="2572">hid</s>, it <sn="2076">is</s><sn="2572">hid</s><sn="1722">to</s> them that are <sn="622">lost</s>: </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1722">In</s><sn="3739">whom</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2316">god</s> of <sn="5127">this</s><sn="165">world</s> hath <sn="5186">blinded</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3540">minds</s> of them which believe <sn="571">not</s>, <sn="3361">lest</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5462">light</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1391">glorious</s><sn="2098">gospel</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="3739">who</s><sn="2076">is</s> the <sn="1504">image</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, should <sn="826">shine</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="1063">For</s> we <sn="2784">preach</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="1438">ourselves</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="5547">Christ</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s>; <sn="1161">and</s><sn="1438">ourselves</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="1401">servants</s> for Jesus' <sn="1223 2424">sake</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3754">For</s><sn="2316">God</s>, who <sn="2036">commanded</s> the <sn="5457">light</s> to <sn="2989">shine</s> out <sn="1537">of</s><sn="4655">darkness</s>, <sn="*3739">hath</s><sn="2989">shined</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="2588">hearts</s>, <sn="4314">to</s> give the <sn="5462">light</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1108">knowledge</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1391">glory</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="4383">face</s> of <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1161">But</s> we <sn="2192">have</s><sn="5126">this</s><sn="2344">treasure</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3749">earthen</s><sn="4632">vessels</s>, <sn="2443">that</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5236">excellency</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1411">power</s> may <sn="5600">be</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="2257">us</s>. </v>
<vn='8'> We are <sn="2346">troubled</s><sn="1722">on</s> every <sn="3956">side</s>, <sn="235">yet</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="4729">distressed</s>; we are <sn="639">perplexed</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="3756">not</s> in <sn="1820">despair</s>; </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3842">Always</s> bearing <sn="4064">about</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4983">body</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3500">dying</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s>, <sn="2443">that</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2222">life</s><sn="2532">also</s> of <sn="2424">Jesus</s> might be made <sn="5319">manifest</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="4983">body</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="2249">we</s> which <sn="2198">live</s> are <sn="104">always</s><sn="3860">delivered</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="2288">death</s> for Jesus' <sn="1223 2424">sake</s>, <sn="2443">that</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2222">life</s><sn="2532">also</s> of <sn="2424">Jesus</s> might be made <sn="5319">manifest</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="2349">mortal</s><sn="4561">flesh</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="*1161"></s> We <sn="2192">having</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="846">same</s><sn="4151">spirit</s> of <sn="4102">faith</s>, according <sn="2596">as</s> it is <sn="1125">written</s>, I <sn="4100">believed</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1352">therefore</s> have I <sn="2980">spoken</s>; <sn="2249">we</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="4100">believe</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1352">therefore</s><sn="2980">speak</s>; </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1492">Knowing</s><sn="3754">that</s> he which raised <sn="1453">up</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s> shall raise <sn="1453">up</s><sn="2248">us</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> shall <sn="3936">present</s> us <sn="4862">with</s><sn="5213">you</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="1063">For</s> all <sn="3956">things</s> are for your <sn="1223 5209">sakes</s>, <sn="2443">that</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4121">abundant</s><sn="5485">grace</s> might <sn="1223">through</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2169">thanksgiving</s> of <sn="4119">many</s><sn="4052">redound</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1391">glory</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>For which <sn="1352">cause</s> we <sn="1573">faint</s><sn="3756">not</s>; <sn="235">but</s><sn="1499">though</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="1854">outward</s><sn="444">man</s><sn="1311">perish</s>, <sn="235">yet</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2081">inward</s> man is <sn="341">renewed</s> day by <sn="2250 2532 2250">day</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="1645">light</s><sn="2347">affliction</s>, which is but for a <sn="3910">moment</s>, <sn="2716">worketh</s> for <sn="2254">us</s> a far more <sn="2596 5236 1519 5236">exceeding</s> and <sn="166">eternal</s><sn="922">weight</s> of <sn="1391">glory</s>; </v>
<vn='18'>While <sn="2257">we</s> look not <sn="4648 3361">at</s> the things which are <sn="991">seen</s>, <sn="235">but</s> at the things which are not <sn="991 3361">seen</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> the things which are <sn="991">seen</s> are <sn="4340">temporal</s>; <sn="1161">but</s> the things which are not <sn="991 3361">seen</s> are <sn="166">eternal</s>. </v>