2 CORINTHIANS ~ Chapter 4
“Through His mercy, we
have taken up this service; therefore, we are not faint-hearted. We have put a
ban on secret and disgraceful methods. We refuse to practice deceit and to
falsify the Word of God. But, by an open statement of the truth, we would
commend ourselves before Elohim to the conscience of every man. And if there is
a veil also over our Gospel, it is there only to those that are lost. They are the
unbelievers whose minds the god of this world has blinded. They are kept from
seeing the radiant light of the Gospel of the glory of mashiach, Who is Elohim’s
own likeness.
Surely, what we preach
is not ourselves, but Yeshua Ha’Mashiach as Adonai ; and about ourselves we simply
say that we are your servants for Yeshua’s sake. For Elohim, Who once said, ‘Let
light shine out of darkness’, has shone in our hearts to give us light and to
give us knowledge of Elohei’s glory, as seen int eh face of Yeshua Ha’Mashiach.
We keep this treasure
in bodies of clay, to show that the surpassing power is from Elohim and is not
in us. And so, though we are at times perplexed, we are never crushed; and
though we are persecuted, we are not forsaken; ad though struck down, we are
not destroyed. In our bodies we always carry with us the death of Adonai Yeshua,
so that the life of Yeshua may also be set forth in our lives. That is, if
while still living we are always suffering death on account of Yeshua, it is in
order that the living power of Yeshua may also work in our mortal frame. So,
while death is at work in us, life is also working in you.
We have the same kind of
faith as the one who wrote, “I believed, therefore, I spoke”, and so we speak
as we believe. We know that He also raised Adonai Yeshua from the dead will
also raise us with Yeshua, and will give us, together with you, a place in His glory.
We are doing all these things for your sake, so that, as grace reaches out to
more and more, the thanksgiving that will go up in praise to Elohim will also increase.
No, we do not lose
heart. On the contrary, even when our outer nature is wearing out, our inner
nature is, notwithstanding, being renewed from day to day. We have trials, but
they are light and for the moment only, and they work out for us a blessedness
that is beyond all comparison, and everlasting. Oh, if we could turn our
thoughts to things unseen, rather than to things visible! For the things we see
are transitory, but things unseen are eternal.
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