4. 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;
5. for not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus--Lord, and ourselves your servants because of Jesus;
6. 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.
7. And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us;
8. on every side being in tribulation, but not straitened; perplexed, but not in despair;
9. persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
10. 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,
11. 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,
12. so that, the death indeed in us doth work, and the life in you.
13. 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;
14. knowing that He who did raise up the Lord Jesus, us also through Jesus shall raise up, and shall present with you,