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2 Corinthians 4

Highlighted words differ from the KJV. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    KJVTherefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
    WEBTherefore, seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.
  2. 2
    KJVBut have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, 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.
    WEBBut we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
  3. 3
    KJVBut if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
    WEBEven if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who are dying,
  4. 4
    KJVIn whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
    WEBin whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.
  5. 5
    KJVFor we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
    WEBFor we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake,
  6. 6
    KJVFor God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
    WEBseeing it is God who said, “Light will 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.
  7. 7
    KJVBut we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
    WEBBut we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves.
  8. 8
    KJVWe are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
    WEBWe are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;
  9. 9
    KJVPersecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
    WEBpursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;
  10. 10
    KJVAlways bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
    WEBalways carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
  11. 11
    KJVFor we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
    WEBFor we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.
  12. 12
    KJVSo then death worketh in us, but life in you.
    WEBSo then death works in us, but life in you.
  13. 13
    KJVWe having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
    WEBBut having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.” We also believe, and therefore we also speak,
  14. 14
    KJVKnowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
    WEBknowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also through Jesus, and will present us with you.
  15. 15
    KJVFor all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
    WEBFor all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
  16. 16
    KJVFor which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
    WEBTherefore we don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day.
  17. 17
    KJVFor our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
    WEBFor our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory,
  18. 18
    KJVWhile we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
    WEBwhile we don’t look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
  • King James Version (1769 text), public domain outside the United Kingdom, where Crown letters patent apply.
  • World English Bible (WEB), public domain. “World English Bible” is a trademark of eBible.org.