From Mark Copeland... Two Very Different Boasts (Galatians 6:11-18)

                     "THE EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS"

                  Two Very Different Boasts (6:11-18)

INTRODUCTION

1. In his epistle to the churches of Galatia, the apostle Paul...
   a. Defends his apostleship (chapters 1-2)
   b. Argues vigorously that justification is by faith in Christ
      (chapters 3-4)
   c. Exhorts Christians to use their liberty to sow to the Spirit
      instead of the flesh (chapters 5-6)

2. As he concludes his epistle, Paul intermingles personal remarks with
   final admonitions...
   a. We note his reference to the size of his letters - Ga 6:11
      1) Which some take to refer to his actual handwriting
      2) While others think it refers the length of the epistle
   b. But of particular interest to me is the contrast that Paul makes
      - Ga 6:11-16
      1) A contrast between others and himself
      2) A contrast in what they took pride

[There is something to glean from these "Two Very Different Boasts",
perhaps words of caution for us to consider.  We note first that there
was...]

I. BOASTING IN A SHOW OF THE FLESH

   A. THIS WAS THE BOAST OF SOME...
      1. Such was the case of those who sought to compel circumcision
      2. Their motive was twofold - Ga 6:12-13
         a. To avoid persecution for the cross of Christ
         b. To boast in the flesh of the Gentiles
      3. They were inconsistent - Ga 6:13
         a. Those who stressed circumcision did not keep the whole Law
         b. As mentioned earlier in the epistle - Ga 2:11-14
      -- They focused on externals, for the purpose of show

   B. DO WE BOAST IN A SHOW OF THE FLESH...?
      1. By being overly concerned of what others see and think?
      2. With a similar twofold motive?
         a. To avoid ridicule in our service for Christ?
         b. To take pride in what impresses others?
      3. How might we boast in a show of the flesh today? - cf. Mt 23:
         5-11
         a. Through religious clothing (or costly clothing - cf. 1Ti 2:
            9-10; 1Pe 3:3-5)
         b. Through religious titles, or any title intended to impress
            others
         c. Through building overly expensive, elaborate churches
         d. Through an emphasis on numbers (attendance, conversions)
         e. Through showcasing celebrities in evangelistic efforts
      -- Might we be guilty of boasting in a show of the flesh, for the
         sake of popularity?

[In contrast to boasting in a show of the flesh, we note that Paul
writes about...]

II. BOASTING IN THE CROSS OF CHRIST

   A. THIS WAS THE BOAST OF PAUL...
      1. In the crucified Messiah - Ga 6:14
         a. To some, the message of the cross was foolishness - 1Co 1:23
         b. Paul made it the focus of his ministry - 1Co 2:2
         c. He was not ashamed of the gospel - Ro 1:16-17
      2. In having himself been crucified with Christ - Ga 6:14b
         a. In Christ he had been crucified to the world
         b. Of which he wrote about earlier in this epistle - Ga 2:20a
         c. In which he now lived a life of faith in Jesus - Ga 2:20b
      3. Changing his priorities in life - Ga 6:15-18
         a. Circumcision, once important to him, had become irrelevant
            - cf. Ga 1:11-17
         b. The new creation in Christ was what now mattered - cf. 2 Co 5:17;

            Ep 4:20-24
         c. Blessing those with the same priorities (asking for
            understanding from them who had troubled him) - Ga 6:16-18
      -- Paul's boast was in the transforming power of Jesus Christ

   B. DO WE BOAST IN THE CROSS OF CHRIST...?
      1. Some prefer to boast in other things, which they should not
         - cf. Jer 9:23
         a. Such as their wisdom - cf. 1Co 1:19-21; 3:19-20
         b. Such as their own strength - cf. Ps 33:16-19
         c. Such as their own wealth - cf. Ps 49:6-9; Lk 12:15-21
      2. Our boast should be in Christ and God
         a. Certainly not in men - cf. 1Co 3:21-23
         b. But in coming to know God as He really is - cf. Jer 9:24
         c. And in what Christ does for us - cf. 1Co 1:26-31
      3. Prompting us to change our priorities in life
         a. Seeking first the kingdom of God - Mt 6:33
         b. Seeking to glorify God with all our hearts, for having saved
            us - cf. Ps 86:12-13
         c. Seeking to glorify God with our bodies and spirits - 1Co 6:
            19-20
         d. Seeking to glorify God with good works - Mt 5:16; 1Pe 2:
            11-12
         e. Seeking to glorify God when we suffer for Christ - 1Pe 4:16
      -- We boast in Christ, by being what He created us for in Christ
         - cf. Ep 2:8-10

CONCLUSION

1. In what do we boast today...?
   a. Might we fall into the trap of boasting in a show of the flesh?
   b. Should we not rather boast in the cross of Christ?

2. Paul's final words include a plea and a prayer...
   a. A plea to no longer be troubled, perhaps by those who questioned
      his apostleship - Ga 6:17
   b. A prayer bestowing grace, for those who read this epistle - Ga 6:18

Paul's plea was answered a long time ago, when he passed from this life
to be with his Lord.  His prayer will be answered for all those willing
to give careful heed to things written in this epistle.

Will the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with our spirits today?  Only
if we stand fast in the liberty in which Christ has made us free (Ga
5:1), and sow to the Spirit instead of the flesh (Ga 6:8)...!

Executable Outlines, Copyright © Mark A. Copeland, 2011

From Jim McGuiggan... Matthew 4: Showdown in the wilderness

Matthew 4: Showdown in the wilderness

There is so much to see in the records of Jesus' temptation in the wilderness. One way of looking at them is to see in all of them that Jesus rests in complete trust and dependence on his Father's will. Milton's Satan says at one point that it's better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. Jesus takes the opposite approach.

Despite the fact that he must now be conscious of his capacity as Messiah and the anointing of the Spirit to work miracles he won't feed himself and so ease his crying need. His power is real, his hunger is real but so is his Father's purpose for him at this time; a purpose made clear by the fact that the Holy Spirit drove him into the wilderness (Mark 1:12). Jesus, the Son of God, recapitulates the experience of Israel, the son of God (Exodus 4:22-23) and is brought into the wilderness that he might learn to depend wholly on his Father's will (see Deuteronomy 8:2-3 and Hebrews 5:8-9 and note Isaiah 63:10-14 and Luke 4:1 with its imperfect verb "led").

Israel's temptation in the wilderness was real but since they were incapable of changing stones into bread their temptation was of a different order than that of Christ's. Here's someone who has creative power—who can feed thousands with bread that isn't there until he wills it to be there—and even in his extreme need won't exercise it because his Father wills him to be in extreme need. He will not exercise even God-given power contrary to what he perceives to be his Holy Father's will.

Yes, but if (since) he is God's Son should he not claim executive privilege, the world-spirit wants to know. In refusing life-giving bread at that point Jesus insists that he wants life only on his Father's terms; he will live only if the Father says so and not by bread alone (Matthew 4:4).

To the powerless temptation is real and agonizing but it is no less real to those with power; those who can rationalize their way to ease and out of suffering; those who can rationalize with words such as Satan used, "Surely if…" Powerlessness can corrupt—of course! Bitterness, despair, resentment, envy and violence are its fruit but power corrupts and we need no lessons on how it shows itself. What Jesus refused to do for himself he did for thousands of others and in doing it for them in his personal ministry here he was telling the entire human race that one day there will be a new heaven and earth and the curse will have been entirely removed.

As Matthew 4 has it the second temptation is for Jesus to fling himself from the pinnacle of the temple. The boundless trust that's seen in refusing to ease his hunger now becomes the very thing that is the source of temptation. Here's a critical temptation for those who have deep faith in God—force God's hand. Do it because you trust him!

Again, the Son of God treads the ground where Israel, the son of God, trod and while in both cases the temptation deals with faith in God, in Israel's case the issue was a lack of it and Jesus' case it was the profound presence of it. "Is God with us or not?" the people peevishly demanded to know— the people God had just rescued from centuries of slavery (Exodus 17:1-7; Deuteronomy 6:16). The source of their trial was their lack of trust in God and Jesus' trial was that because he trusted so implicitly that Satan urged him to exercise that faith by forcing God's hand. "Throw yourself into the arms of God's protecting angels," is the satanic thought, "and prove your faith and make God respond marvellously to match a person of your calibre. Faith like yours must put God to the test!" Here Jesus makes it clear that using your trust to put God to the test, to force his hand to keep us from "harm" or "failure" is every bit as unworthy as not trusting him—it is, in truth, an even more subtle form of distrust. He would not turn his trust in God into a test of God—he would have none of it! Here indeed T.S Eliot's lines are seen well illustrated.

The last temptation is the greatest treason:
To do the right deed for the wrong reason.

While I'm sure that is true perhaps I need to nuance it more carefully than that. "If you're truly the Son of God not only should you not be going hungry, you have the right to know that God is with you and here in this wilderness, can you be sure of that? The wilderness speaks its blunt message and it looks like God is not with you so it's hardly unreasonable if you put him to the test."

And in the third temptation, we have the Son and heir of all things on his way to glory and dominion, to the fulfillment of God's promises. How will he gain it? What he is shown is the kingdoms of the world! Isn't that what he wants—universal dominion? Here it is for the taking if only he will go the way of the world to get them. But if he would take them from some hand other than his Father's (see Psalm 2:7-8), that's all they would be—kingdoms "of the world". Another empire like Rome's! But he later told Pilate, "My kingdom is not of this world!" For him there could only be "a new heaven and a new earth." The only dominion he wanted—and if he couldn't get it he would have none at all—was the dominion his Father had promised him and it was by becoming obedient even to death on a Roman cross that he would gain a name above every name—Lord!

"If I live," he said, "it's because the Father says so!"

"I will not corrupt my faith and make a test of my Father," he said.

"Better to serve my Father than reign with you," he said

No wonder Christians glory in Jesus! No wonder they call themselves Christians! Who else is worthy?

©2004 Jim McGuiggan. All materials are free to be copied and used as long as money is not being made.

Many thanks to brother Ed Healy, for allowing me to post from his website, the abiding word.com.

From Gary.... Bible Reading and Study September 24

Bible Reading and Study    

September 24

The World English Bible

Sept. 24

Psalms 98-100

Psa 98:1 Sing to Yahweh a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand, and his holy arm, have worked salvation for him.

Psa 98:2 Yahweh has made known his salvation. He has openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

Psa 98:3 He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Psa 98:4 Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth! Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises!

Psa 98:5 Sing praises to Yahweh with the harp, with the harp and the voice of melody.

Psa 98:6 With trumpets and sound of the ram's horn, make a joyful noise before the King, Yahweh.

Psa 98:7 Let the sea roar with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.

Psa 98:8 Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together.

Psa 98:9 Let them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

Psa 99:1 Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved.

Psa 99:2 Yahweh is great in Zion. He is high above all the peoples.

Psa 99:3 Let them praise your great and awesome name. He is Holy!

Psa 99:4 The King's strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Psa 99:5 Exalt Yahweh our God. Worship at his footstool. He is Holy!

Psa 99:6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel among those who call on his name; they called on Yahweh, and he answered them.

Psa 99:7 He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies, the statute that he gave them.

Psa 99:8 You answered them, Yahweh our God. You are a God who forgave them, although you took vengeance for their doings.

Psa 99:9 Exalt Yahweh, our God. Worship at his holy hill, for Yahweh, our God, is holy!

Psa 100:1 Shout for joy to Yahweh, all you lands!

Psa 100:2 Serve Yahweh with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.

Psa 100:3 Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Psa 100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.

Psa 100:5 For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.

 

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Young's Literal Translation

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Psalms

 
 

Psalms 98 1

Sing to Yahweh a new song, For he has done marvelous things! His right hand, and his holy arm, have worked salvation for him.

{A Psalm.} Sing ye unto Jehovah a new song: for he hath done wondrous things; his right

hand and his holy arm hath wrought salvation for him.

A Psalm. Sing ye to Jehovah a new song, For wonders He hath done, Given salvation

to Him hath His right hand and His holy arm.

Psalms 98 2

Yahweh has made known his salvation. He has openly shown his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

Jehovah hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the

sight of the nations.

Jehovah hath made known His salvation, Before the eyes of the nations, He hath

revealed His righteousness,

Psalms 98 3

He has remembered his lovingkindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

He hath remembered his loving-kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel:

all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

He hath remembered His kindness, And His faithfulness to the house of Israel, All

ends of earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Psalms 98 4

Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth! Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises!

Shout aloud unto Jehovah, all the earth; break forth and shout for joy, and sing psalms.

Shout to Jehovah, all the earth, Break forth, and cry aloud, and sing.

Psalms 98 5

Sing praises to Yahweh with the harp, With the harp and the voice of melody.

Sing psalms unto Jehovah with the harp: with the harp, and the voice of a song;

Sing to Jehovah with harp, With harp, and voice of praise,

Psalms 98 6

With trumpets and sound of the ram`s horn. Make a joyful noise before the King, Yahweh.

With trumpets and sound of cornet, make a joyful noise before the King, Jehovah.

With trumpets, and voice of a cornet, Shout ye before the king Jehovah.

Psalms 98 7

Let the sea roar with its fullness; The world, and those who dwell therein.

Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein;

Roar doth the sea and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it.

Psalms 98 8

Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together.

Let the floods clap [their] hands; let the mountains sing for joy together,

Floods clap hand, together hills cry aloud,

Psalms 98 9

Let them sing before Yahweh, For he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with equity. Psalm 99

Before Jehovah, for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with

righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

Before Jehovah, For He hath come to judge the earth, He judgeth the world in

righteousness, And the people in uprightness!

Psalms 99 1

Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the

earth be moved.

Jehovah reigneth: let the peoples tremble. He sitteth [between the] cherubim: let the

earth be moved.

Jehovah hath reigned, peoples tremble, The Inhabitant of the cherubs, the earth

shaketh.

Psalms 99 2

Yahweh is great in Zion. He is high above all the peoples.

Jehovah is great in Zion, and he is high above all the peoples.

Jehovah in Zion [is] great, And high He [is] over all the peoples.

Psalms 99 3

Let them praise your great and awesome name. He is Holy!

They shall praise thy great and terrible name, -- it is holy! --

They praise Thy name, `Great, and fearful, holy [it] is.`

Psalms 99 4

The King`s strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and

righteousness in Jacob.

And the strength of the king that loveth justice. *Thou* hast established equity: it is

thou that executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

And the strength of the king Hath loved judgment, Thou -- Thou hast established

uprightness; Judgment and righteousness in Jacob, Thou -- Thou hast done.

Psalms 99 5

Exalt Yahweh our God. Worship at his footstool. He is Holy!

Exalt Jehovah our God, and worship at his footstool. He is holy!

Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And bow yourselves at His footstool, holy [is] He.

Psalms 99 6

Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel among those who call on his name; They called on Yahweh, and he answered them.

Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name:

they called unto Jehovah, and *he* answered them.

Moses and Aaron among His priests, And Samuel among those proclaiming His

name. They are calling unto Jehovah, And He doth answer them.

Psalms 99 7

He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies, The statute that he gave them.

He spoke unto them in the pillar of cloud: they kept his testimonies, and the statute that

he gave them.

In a pillar of cloud He speaketh unto them, They have kept His testimonies, And

the statute He hath given to them.

Psalms 99 8

You answered them, Yahweh our God. You are a God who forgave them, Although you took vengeance for their doings.

Jehovah, our God, *thou* answeredst them: a forgiving ·God wast thou unto them, though

thou tookest vengeance of their doings.

O Jehovah, our God, Thou hast afflicted them, A God forgiving Thou hast been to

them, And taking vengeance on their actions.

Psalms 99 9

Exalt Yahweh, our God. Worship at his holy hill, For Yahweh, our God, is holy! Psalm 100

A Psalm of thanksgiving.

Exalt Jehovah our God, and worship at the hill of his holiness; for holy is Jehovah our God.

Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And bow yourselves at His holy hill, For holy [is] Jehovah

our God!

Psalms 100 1

Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all you lands!

{A Psalm of thanksgiving.} Shout aloud unto Jehovah, all the earth!

A Psalm of Thanksgiving. Shout to Jehovah, all the earth.

Psalms 100 2

Serve Yahweh with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.

Serve Jehovah with joy: come before his presence with exultation.

Serve Jehovah with joy, come before him with singing.

Psalms 100 3

Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Know that Jehovah is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; [we are] his

people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Know that Jehovah He [is] God, He made us, and we are His, His people -- and the

flock of His pasture.

Psalms 100 4

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, Into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving [and] into his courts with praise; give thanks

unto him, bless his name:

Enter ye His gates with thanksgiving, His courts with praise, Give ye thanks to

Him, bless ye His Name.

Psalms 100 5

For Yahweh is good. His lovingkindness endures forever, His faithfulness to all generations.

Psalm 101 A Psalm by David.

For Jehovah is good; his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever; and his faithfulness from

generation to generation.

For good [is] Jehovah, to the age His kindness, And to generation and generation

His faithfulness!

 Study Questions

How shall the LORD judge the earth? 98:9
 
The LORD our God is a______________? 99:5
 
The LORD is ______________? 100:3

The World English Bible

 

Sept. 24

2 Corinthians 4

2Co 4:1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don't faint.

2Co 4:2 But 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.

2Co 4:3 Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish;

2Co 4:4 in 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.

2Co 4:5 For we don't preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake;

2Co 4:6 seeing 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.

2Co 4:7 But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.

2Co 4:8 We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;

2Co 4:9 pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;

2Co 4:10 always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

2Co 4:11 For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.

2Co 4:12 So then death works in us, but life in you.

2Co 4:13 But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, "I believed, and therefore I spoke." We also believe, and therefore also we speak;

2Co 4:14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.

2Co 4:15 For 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.

2Co 4:16 Therefore we don't faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

2Co 4:17 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

2Co 4:18 while 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.

 

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Darby's Translation

Young's Literal Translation

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2 Corinthians

 

2 Corinthians 4 1

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don`t faint.

Therefore, having this ministry, as we have had mercy shewn us, we faint not.

Because of this, having this ministration, according as we did receive kindness,

we do not faint,

2 Corinthians 4 2

But 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.

But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying

the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every

conscience of men before God.

but did renounce for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in

craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the

truth recommending ourselves unto every conscience of men, before God;

2 Corinthians 4 3

Even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish;

But if also our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in those that are lost;

and if also our good news is vailed, in those perishing it is vailed,

2 Corinthians 4 4

in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

in whom the god of this world has blinded the thoughts of the unbelieving, so that the

radiancy of the glad tidings of the glory of the Christ, who is [the] image of God, should

not shine forth [for them].

in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there

doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the

Christ, who is the image of God;

2 Corinthians 4 5

For we don`t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus` sake.

For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus Lord, and ourselves your bondmen for

Jesus` sake.

for not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus -- Lord, and ourselves your

servants because of Jesus;

2 Corinthians 4 6

Seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Because [it is] the God who spoke that out of darkness light should shine who has shone

in our hearts for the shining forth of the knowledge of the glory of God in [the] face of

[Jesus] Christ.

because [it is] God who said, Out of darkness light [is] to shine, who did shine in

our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of

Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 4 7

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassingness of the power may be of God, and not from us:

And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may

be of God, and not of us;

2 Corinthians 4 8

We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;

every way afflicted, but not straitened; seeing no apparent issue, but our way not

entirely shut up;

on every side being in tribulation, but not straitened; perplexed, but not in

despair;

2 Corinthians 4 9

pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;

persecuted, but not abandoned; cast down, but not destroyed;

persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

2 Corinthians 4 10

always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be

manifested in our body;

at all times the dying of the Lord Jesus bearing about in the body, that the life

also of Jesus in our body may be manifested,

2 Corinthians 4 11

For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus` sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.

for we who live are always delivered unto death on account of Jesus, that the life also of

Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh;

for always are we who are living delivered up to death because of Jesus, that the

life also of Jesus may be manifested in our dying flesh,

2 Corinthians 4 12

So then death works in us, but life in you.

so that death works in us, but life in you.

so that, the death indeed in us doth work, and the life in you.

2 Corinthians 4 13

But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, "I believed, and

therefore I spoke." We also believe, and therefore also we speak;

And having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, I have believed,

therefore have I spoken; *we* also believe, therefore also we speak;

And having the same spirit of the faith, according to that which hath been

written, `I believed, therefore I did speak;` we also do believe, therefore also do

we speak;

2 Corinthians 4 14

knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.

knowing that he who has raised the Lord Jesus shall raise us also with Jesus, and shall

present [us] with you.

knowing that He who did raise up the Lord Jesus, us also through Jesus shall raise

up, and shall present with you,

2 Corinthians 4 15

For 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.

For all things [are] for your sakes, that the grace abounding through the many may cause

thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

for the all things [are] because of you, that the grace having been multiplied,

because of the thanksgiving of the more, may abound to the glory of God;

2 Corinthians 4 16

Therefore we don`t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is

renewed day by day.

Wherefore we faint not; but if indeed our outward man is consumed, yet the inward is

renewed day by day.

wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is

renewed day by day;

2 Corinthians 4 17

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

For our momentary [and] light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal

weight of glory;

for the momentary light matter of our tribulation, more and more exceedingly an

age-during weight of glory doth work out for us --

2 Corinthians 4 18

while 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.

while we look not at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen; for the

things that are seen [are] for a time, but those that are not seen eternal.

we not looking to the things seen, but to the things not seen; for the things seen

[are] temporary, but the things not seen [are] age-during.

 Study Questions

Who blinds the minds of those who do not believe? 4:4