고린도후서 4

1이러하므로 우리가 이 직분을 받아 긍휼하심을 입은 대로 낙심하지 아니하고 2이에 숨은 부끄러움의 일을 버리고 궤휼 가운데 행하지 아니하며 하나님의 말씀을 혼잡케 아니하고 오직 진리를 나타냄으로 하나님 앞에서 각 사람의 양심에 대하여 스스로 천거하노라 3만일 우리 복음이 가리웠으면 망하는 자들에게 가리운 것이라 4그 중에 이 세상 신이 믿지 아니하는 자들의 마음을 혼미케 하여 그리스도의 영광의 복음의 광채가 비취지 못하게 함이니 그리스도는 하나님의 형상이니라 5우리가 우리를 전파하는 것이 아니라 오직 그리스도 예수의 주 되신 것과 또 예수를 위하여 우리가 너희의 종 된 것을 전파함이라 6어두운 데서 빛이 비취리라 하시던 그 하나님께서 예수 그리스도의 얼굴에 있는 하나님의 영광을 아는 빛을 우리 마음에 비취셨느니라 7우리가 이 보배를 질그릇에 가졌으니 이는 능력의 심히 큰 것이 하나님께 있고 우리에게 있지 아니함을 알게 하려 함이라 8우리가 사방으로 우겨쌈을 당하여도 싸이지 아니하며 답답한 일을 당하여도 낙심하지 아니하며 9핍박을 받아도 버린 바 되지 아니하며 거꾸러뜨림을 당하여도 망하지 아니하고 10우리가 항상 예수 죽인 것을 몸에 짊어짐은 예수의 생명도 우리 몸에 나타나게 하려 함이라 11우리 산 자가 항상 예수를 위하여 죽음에 넘기움은 예수의 생명이 또한 우리 죽을 육체에 나타나게 하려 함이니라 12그런즉 사망은 우리 안에서 역사하고 생명은 너희 안에서 하느니라 13기록한 바 내가 믿는 고로 말하였다 한 것 같이 우리가 같은 믿음의 마음을 가졌으니 우리도 믿는 고로 또한 말하노라 14주 예수를 다시 살리신 이가 예수와 함께 우리도 다시 살리사 너희와 함께 그 앞에 서게 하실 줄을 아노니 15모든 것을 너희를 위하여 하는 것은 은혜가 많은 사람의 감사함으로 말미암아 더하여 넘쳐서 하나님께 영광을 돌리게 하려 함이라 16그러므로 우리가 낙심하지 아니하노니 겉 사람은 후패하나 우리의 속은 날로 새롭도다 17우리의 잠시 받는 환난의 경한 것이 지극히 크고 영원한 영광의 중한 것을 우리에게 이루게 함이니 18우리의 돌아보는 것은 보이는 것이 아니요 보이지 않는 것이니 보이는 것은 잠간이요 보이지 않는 것은 영원함이니라

1Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint. 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. 3Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish; 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. 5For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake; 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. 7But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves. 8We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair; 9pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed; 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. 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. 12So then death works in us, but life in you. 13But 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; 14knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you. 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. 16Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. 17For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory; 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.

1Daarom dewijl wij deze bediening hebben, naar de barmhartigheid, die ons geschied is, zo vertragen wij niet; 2Maar wij hebben verworpen de bedekselen der schande, niet wandelende in arglistigheid, noch het Woord Gods vervalsende, maar door openbaring der waarheid onszelven aangenaam makende bij alle gewetens der mensen, in de tegenwoordigheid Gods. 3Doch indien ook ons Evangelie bedekt is, zo is het bedekt in degenen, die verloren gaan; 4In dewelke de god dezer eeuw de zinnen verblind heeft, namelijk der ongelovigen, opdat hen niet bestrale de verlichting van het Evangelie der heerlijkheid van Christus, Die het Beeld Gods is. 5Want wij prediken niet onszelven, maar Christus Jezus, den Heere; en onszelven, dat wij uw dienaars zijn om Jezus' wil. 6Want God, Die gezegd heeft, dat het licht uit de duisternis zou schijnen, is Degene, Die in onze harten geschenen heeft, om te geven verlichting der kennis der heerlijkheid Gods in het aangezicht van Jezus Christus. 7Maar wij hebben dezen schat in aarden vaten, opdat de uitnemendheid der kracht zij van God, en niet uit ons; 8Als die in alles verdrukt worden, doch niet benauwd; twijfelmoedig, doch niet mismoedig; 9Vervolgd, doch niet daarin verlaten; nedergeworpen, doch niet verdorven; 10Altijd de doding van den Heere Jezus in het lichaam omdragende, opdat ook het leven van Jezus in ons lichaam zou geopenbaard worden. 11Want wij, die leven, worden altijd in den dood overgegeven om Jezus' wil; opdat ook het leven van Jezus in ons sterfelijk vlees zou geopenbaard worden. 12Zo dan, de dood werkt wel in ons, maar het leven in ulieden. 13Dewijl wij nu denzelfden Geest des geloofs hebben, gelijk er geschreven is: Ik heb geloofd, daarom heb ik gesproken; zo geloven wij ook, daarom spreken wij ook; 14Wetende, dat Hij, Die den Heere Jezus opgewekt heeft, ook ons door Jezus zal opwekken, en met ulieden daar zal stellen. 15Want al deze dingen zijn om uwentwil, opdat de vermenigvuldigde genade, door de dankzegging van velen, overvloedig worde ter heerlijkheid Gods. 16Daarom vertragen wij niet; maar hoewel onze uitwendige mens verdorven wordt, zo wordt nochtans de inwendige vernieuwd van dag tot dag. 17Want onze lichte verdrukking, die zeer haast voorbij gaat, werkt ons een gans zeer uitnemend eeuwig gewicht der heerlijkheid; 18Dewijl wij niet aanmerken de dingen, die men ziet, maar de dingen, die men niet ziet; want de dingen, die men ziet, zijn tijdelijk, maar de dingen, die men niet ziet, zijn eeuwig.