2 Corinthians 4
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.
1Ideo habentes administrationem, juxta quod misericordiam consecuti sumus, non deficimus,
2But 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.
2sed abdicamus occulta dedecoris, non ambulantes in astutia, neque adulterantes verbum Dei, sed in manifestatione veritatis commendantes nosmetipsos ad omnem conscientiam hominum coram Deo.
3Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who are dying,
3Quod si etiam opertum est Evangelium nostrum, in iis, qui pereunt, est opertum:
4in 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.
4in quibus Deus hujus sæculi excæcavit mentes infidelium, ut non fulgeat illis illuminatio Evangelii gloriæ Christi, qui est imago Dei.
5For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake,
5Non enim nosmetipsos prædicamus, sed Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum: nos autem servos vestros per Jesum:
6seeing 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.
6quoniam Deus, qui dixit de tenebris lucem splendescere, ipse illuxit in cordibus nostris ad illuminationem scientiæ claritatis Dei, in facie Christi Jesu.
7But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves.
7Habemus autem thesaurum istum in vasis fictilibus: ut sublimitas sit virtutis Dei, et non ex nobis.
8We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;
8In omnibus tribulationem patimur, sed non angustiamur: aporiamur, sed non destituimur:
9pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;
9persecutionem patimur, sed non derelinquimur: dejicimur, sed non perimus:
10always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
10semper mortificationem Jesu in corpore nostro circumferentes, ut et vita Jesu manifestetur in corporibus nostris.
11For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.
11Semper enim nos, qui vivimus, in mortem tradimur propter Jesum: ut et vita Jesu manifestetur in carne nostra mortali.
12So then death works in us, but life in you.
12Ergo mors in nobis operatur, vita autem in vobis.
13But 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,
13Habentes autem eumdem spiritum fidei, sicut scriptum est: Credidi, propter quod locutus sum: et nos credimus, propter quod et loquimur:
14knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also through Jesus, and will present us with you.
14scientes quoniam qui suscitavit Jesum, et nos cum Jesu suscitabit, et constituet vobiscum.
15For 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.
15Omnia enim propter vos: ut gratia abundans, per multos in gratiarum actione, abundet in gloriam Dei.
16Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day.
16Propter quod non deficimus: sed licet is, qui foris est, noster homo corrumpatur, tamen is, qui intus est, renovatur de die in diem.
17For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory,
17Id enim, quod in præsenti est momentaneum et leve tribulationis nostræ, supra modum in sublimitate æternum gloriæ pondus operatur in nobis,
18while 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.
18non contemplantibus nobis quæ videntur, sed quæ non videntur. Quæ enim videntur, temporalia sunt: quæ autem non videntur, æterna sunt.
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