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2 Corinthians 4

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2 Corinthians 4 . 1

1 Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.TOSK2 Corinthians 4:1

2 Corinthians 4 . 2

2 Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.TOSK2 Corinthians 4:2

2 Corinthians 4 . 3

3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.C2 Corinthians 04:3-6TOSK2 Corinthians 4:3

2 Corinthians 4 . 4

4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.C2 Corinthians 04:3-6TOSK2 Corinthians 4:4TTImage of God (Priestly Vocation)

2 Corinthians 4 . 5

5 For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.C2 Corinthians 04:3-6TOSK2 Corinthians 4:5TTDay of Midian (Gospel Victory Pattern)

2 Corinthians 4 . 6

6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.IPGenesis 1:3 · Isaiah 9:2C2 Corinthians 04:3-6TOSK2 Corinthians 4:6TTAdam (The First and Last Adam) · Day of Midian (Gospel Victory Pattern) · Glory-Cloud (Divine Presence) · Image of God (Priestly Vocation) · New Creation (Cosmic Redemption) · New Moons (Renewal and Rest)

2 Corinthians 4 . 7

7 Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.TOSK2 Corinthians 4:7TTDay of Midian (Gospel Victory Pattern)

2 Corinthians 4 . 8

8 We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;TOSK2 Corinthians 4:8TTDay of Midian (Gospel Victory Pattern)

2 Corinthians 4 . 9

9persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.TOSK2 Corinthians 4:9TTDay of Midian (Gospel Victory Pattern)

2 Corinthians 4 . 10

10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.TOSK2 Corinthians 4:10TTDay of Midian (Gospel Victory Pattern)

2 Corinthians 4 . 11

11 For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body.TOSK2 Corinthians 4:11TTDay of Midian (Gospel Victory Pattern)

2 Corinthians 4 . 12

12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.TOSK2 Corinthians 4:12TTDay of Midian (Gospel Victory Pattern)

2 Corinthians 4 . 13

13 And in keeping with what is written: “I believed, therefore I have spoken,” we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak,IPPsalms 116:10TOSK2 Corinthians 4:13TTNew Moons (Renewal and Rest)

2 Corinthians 4 . 14

14 knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.TOSK2 Corinthians 4:14

2 Corinthians 4 . 15

15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may overflow in thanksgiving, to the glory of God.TOSK2 Corinthians 4:15

2 Corinthians 4 . 16

16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.TOSK2 Corinthians 4:16TTGlory-Cloud (Divine Presence) · New Moons (Renewal and Rest)

2 Corinthians 4 . 17

17 For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.TOSK2 Corinthians 4:17

2 Corinthians 4 . 18

18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.TOSK2 Corinthians 4:18TTSpies and Unbelief (Testing God's Promise)

In the wider web11 threads

Intertextuality Pairs

Quotations 2 Corinthians 4:13 → Psalms 116:10

Allusions 2 Corinthians 4:6 → Genesis 1:3

Echoes 2 Corinthians 4:6 → Isaiah 9:2

Trajectories

Adam (The First and Last Adam), Day of Midian (Gospel Victory Pattern), Glory-Cloud (Divine Presence), Image of God (Priestly Vocation), New Creation (Cosmic Redemption), New Moons (Renewal and Rest), Spies and Unbelief (Testing God's Promise)

Chiasms

Shaped 2 Corinthians 04:3–6