2 Corinthians 4
New King James Version (NKJV)

The Light of Christ’s Gospel
4 Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we
have received mercy, we do not lose heart. 2 But we
have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word
of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s
conscience in the sight of God. 3 But
even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, 4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded,
who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of
God, should shine on them. 5 For we do not preach
ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’
sake. 6 For it is the God who commanded light to 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 Jesus Christ.

Cast Down but Unconquered
7 But we
have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of
us. 8 We arehard-pressed on every side, yet not
crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not
destroyed— 10 always carrying about in the body the dying of the
Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. 11 For we who live are always delivered to death for
Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal
flesh. 12 So then death is working in us, but life in
you.

13 And 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, 14 knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will
also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you. 15 For all things are for your
sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory
of God.
Seeing the Invisible
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our
outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by
day. 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a
moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of
glory, 18 while we do not look at the things which are seen,
but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are
seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are
eternal.