2 Corinthians Verse by verse (2)

[Jesusfan4ever]

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[sarahelizabeth]

2 Corinthians 4:6
For 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.

 

[sarahelizabeth]

2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

 

[sarahelizabeth]

2 Corinthians 4:8
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

 

[sarahelizabeth]

2 Corinthians 4:9
We’re persecuted, but we’re not abandoned. We’re captured, but we’re not killed.

 

[sarahelizabeth]

2 Corinthians 4:10
We always carry around the death of Jesus in our bodies so that the life of Jesus is also shown in our bodies.

 

[sarahelizabeth]

2 Corinthians 4:11
While we are alive, we are constantly handed over to death for Jesus’ sake so that the life of Jesus is also shown in our mortal nature.

 

[sarahelizabeth]

2 Corthinas 4:12
12 Death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

 

[sarahelizabeth]

2 Corthinas 4:13
The following is written, “I believed; therefore, I spoke.” We have that same spirit of faith. We also believe; therefore, we also speak.

 

[sarahelizabeth]

2 Corthians 4:14
We know that the one who brought the Lord Jesus back to life will also bring us back to life through Jesus. He will present us to God together with you.

 

[sarahelizabeth]

2 Corinthians 4:15
All this is for your sake so that, as God’s kindness[a] overflows in the lives of many people, it will produce even more thanksgiving to the glory of God.

 

[sarahelizabeth]

2 Corinthians 4:16
That is why we are not discouraged. Though outwardly we are wearing out, inwardly we are renewed day by day.

 

[sarahelizabeth]

2 Corinthians 4:17
Our suffering is light and temporary and is producing for us an eternal glory that is greater than anything we can imagine.

 

[sarahelizabeth]

2 Corinthians 4:18
We don’t look for things that can be seen but for things that can’t be seen. Things that can be seen are only temporary. But things that can’t be seen last forever.

 

[sarahelizabeth]

2 Corinthians 5:1
We know that if the life we live here on earth is ever taken down like a tent, we still have a building from God. It is an eternal house in heaven that isn’t made by human hands

 

[sarahelizabeth]

2 Corinthians 5:2
In our present tent-like existence we sigh, since we long to put on the house we will have in heaven.

 

[sarahelizabeth]

2 Corinthians 5:3
After we have put it on,[a] we won’t be naked.

 

[sarahelizabeth]

2 Corinthians 5:4
While we are in this tent, we sigh. We feel distressed because we don’t want to take off the tent, but we do want to put on the eternal house. Then eternal life will put an end to our mortal existence.

 

[sarahelizabeth]

2 Corinthians 5:5
God has prepared us for this and has given us his Spirit to guarantee it.

 

[sarahelizabeth]

2 Corinthians 5:6
So we are always confident. We know that as long as we are living in these bodies, we are living away from the Lord.