14 But thanks be to God, who causeth us always to triumph in Christ; and who manifesteth, through us, the savour of the knowledge of him, in every place!

15 for, we are a sweet savour of Christ, to God, both in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

16 in the one, indeed, we are a savour of death, to death; but in the other, a savour of life, to life: and who, of himself, is sufficient for these things?

17 for, we are not as the many who adulterate the word of God: but, as of sincerity, yea, as from God, we speak it in the presence of God, in the civ. 2. person of Christ.

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have forgiven any thing), I forgave it for your sakes, in the person of Christ;

11 that Satan might not gain an advantage over us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. 12 And, when I went to Troas Acts, xvi. 8,9. to preach the gospel of Christ, and a door was opened to me by the Lord,

mend ourselves:

2 for, we have no need, as some, of commendatory letters to you, or from you;

xii. 16.

3 ye yourselves are our letter, 1 Cor. ix. 2 even written in our hearts, known and read by all men; 4 for ye are manifested to be a letter of Christ, ministered by us; not written with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not on tables of stone, but on fleshly tables of the heart.

5 And such confidence we

have, through Christ, toward God:

6 not that we are sufficient of ourselves to determine any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;

7 who also hath qualified us to be ministers of the New Covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for, the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

8 But, if the ministry of death, engraven with writing on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look on the face of Moses, for the glory of his countenance, which glory was to be done

away; 9 how shall not the ministry of the spirit be more glorious? 10 for, if the ministry of condemnation was glory, much more doth the ministry of justification exceed in glory.

11 For, indeed, that which was rendered glorious had no glory in this respect, because of the glory that surpasseth it: 12 for, if that which was to be done away by glory, was glorious, much more is that which continueth in glory. 13 Having, therefore, such a hope, we use much confidence;

14 and do not as Moses, who put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel might not look to the end even of that which was to be abolished:

15 yea, their minds were

blinded; for, to this day, the same veil remaineth unremoved, in the reading of the Old Covenant; which veil is done away in Christ:

16 yea, even to this day, whenever Moses is read, the veil lieth on their heart;

17 yet, when it turneth to the Rom. xi. 25. Lord, the veil is taken away. 18 Now, the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, is freedom:

19 and we all, looking, as in a glass, at the glory of the Lord with his face unveiled, are changed into the same image, 1 John, iii. 2. from glory to glory; as by the Spirit of the Lord.

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WHEREFORE, having this

ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

2 but have renounced the hidden things of shamefulness, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but, commending c. ii. 17. ourselves to every man's conscience by the manifestation of the truth, in the sight of God.

3 And, if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to them only that are lost:

4 in whom the god of this world hath so blinded the minds of them that believe not, that the light of the glorious gospel

C.

c. v. 1.

5 for, we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants, for Jesus' sake:

6 for it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, that hath shined in our hearts; to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the person of Christ. 7 And we have this treasure in our earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be God's, and not our own. 8 Though troubled on every side, yet we are not distressed; though perplexed, yet not in despair;

9 though persecuted, yet not forsaken; though cast down, yet not destroyed;

10 always bearing about with us in the body the dying of

Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body. 11 For we, while we live, are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our deadened flesh :

12 so that death worketh in us, but life in you:

13 and having the same spirit I's. cvi. 10. of faith, as is written, "I believed, and therefore I have

15 For all things are for your

sakes; that the sakes; that the grace which aboundeth to you may, through the thanksgiving of many, redound to the glory of God:

16 wherefore, we faint not; but, though our outward manhood perish, yet our inward is renewing day by day :

17 for our present light affliction, worketh for us a perpetually increasing and eternal weight of glory;

18 while we look, not to the things that are seen, but to those which are not seen: for, the things which are seen, are temporary, but the things which are not seen, are eternal.

if, indeed, we shall be found Rev. iii. 18; clothed, not naked:

4 for, while we are in this tabernacle, we groan, from being burdened: not that we wish to be unclothed, but to be clothed upon, that our mor

by life:

5 and, he who hath wrought us for this very end, is God, who hath given to us the earnest of the Spirit.

6 Therefore, we are always encouraged; knowing that, while we dwell in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

7 (for we walk by faith, not by sight:)

8 and are encouraged, and Philipp. 1. 23. desire rather to depart from the body, and to be present with the Lord :

c. iii. 1.

9 wherefore we strive, that, whether present or absent, we may be well pleasing to him.

10 For, we must all be made manifest before the judgmentseat of Christ; that each may receive for his own deeds done in the body, according to those which he hath done, whether good or evil:

11 knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we would persuade men.

12 But, we have been made manifest to God; and, I hope, are made manifest also in your consciences:

13 we are not only commending ourselves to you again, but are also giving you an occasion to glory on our behalf; that ye may have wherewith to answer those who glory in countenance, but not in heart:

14 and, if we are beside our

15 for, the love of Christ possesseth us, judging this, that one died for all; therefore, all were dead:

16 and, that he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died and rose for them:

17 so that, from henceforth we know no one according to the flesh for, though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so

no more.

18 If, therefore, any one is in Christ, he is a new creation: the former things are passed away; behold, they are be

come new:

19 and all are from God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Christ; and hath given to us the ministry of the reconciliation,

20 namely, That God was reconciling the world to himself, in Christ, by not imputing to them their trespasses; and, that he hath committed to us the word of that reconciliation.

21 We, therefore, are ambassadors on behalf of Christ: as if God besought you by us, we beseech you, on behalf of Christ, Be

ye reconciled to God: 22 who made him, who knew no sin, to be sin instead of us; that, in him, we may become the justification of God.

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10 as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making

together with him, we

also beseech you, not to receive

this

grace of God in vain :

2 (for he saith, "In an ac

ceptable time I have heard "thee, and in a day of salva"tion I have helped thee: be"hold, now is the acceptable "time; behold, now is the "day of salvation :")

3 while we give no cause of stumbling, in any thing, that our ministry may not be blamed; but commend ourselves, in all things, as ministers of God:

4 with much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses;

5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;

6 by pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by unfeigned love;

7 by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of justification on the right hand and on the left;

8 by honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, yet true;

9 as unknown, yet well known; as dying, yet, behold, we live; as chastened, yet not killed;

yet possessing all things.

11 Corinthians, our mouth is opened, our heart is enlarged, toward you:

12 ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own affections:

13 (I speak as to my children,) be ye also enlarged, to make an equal return.

14 Be not unduly yoked, with unbelievers; for, what fellowship hath justification with lawlessness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

15 and, what concord hath 1 Cor. x. 21. Christ with Belial? or what part hath a believer with an unbeliever?

16 and, what agreement hath the sanctuary of God with that of idols for we are the sanctuary of the living God, as God hath said, "I will dwell Lev. xxvi. 12. "in them, and walk in them; " and I will be their God, and

they shall be my people:

17 "wherefore, come out from Is. lii. 11. "among them, and be ye se

parated, saith the Lord, and "touch not that which is un"clean; and I will receive you, 18 " and I will be to you a "Father, and ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith "the Lord Almighty."