¹Therefore having  ²this ministry as we have been shown  ³mercy, we do not lose heart;

But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor  ¹adulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of the  ²truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.

And even if our gospel is  ¹veiled, it is veiled in those who are perishing,

In whom the  ¹god of this age has  ²blinded the  ³thoughts of the unbelievers that the  ⁴illumination of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not  ⁵shine on them.

 ¹For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as  ²Lord, and ourselves as your  ³slaves for Jesus' sake.

 ¹Because the God who said, Out of darkness light shall shine, is the One who shined  ²in  ³our hearts to  ⁴illuminate the knowledge of the glory of God in the  ⁵face of Jesus Christ.

 ¹But we have this  ²treasure in earthen vessels that the  ³excellency of the power may be of God and not out of us.

We are  ¹pressed on every side but not  ²constricted; unable to find a way out but not utterly without a way out;

 ¹Persecuted but not  ²abandoned;  ³cast down but not  ⁴destroyed;

Always bearing about in the body the  ¹putting to death of Jesus  ²that the  ³life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.

For we who are alive are always being delivered unto death for Jesus' sake that the life of  ¹Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal  ²flesh.

So then death operates in us, but  ¹life in you.

And having the  ¹same  ²spirit of faith according to that which is written, “I believed, therefore I spoke,” we also believe, therefore we also speak,

Knowing that He who raised the Lord Jesus will  ¹raise us also with Jesus and will make us stand before Him with you.

For all things are for your sakes that the  ¹grace which has abounded through the greater number may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

Therefore we do not lose heart; but though our  ¹outer man is  ²decaying, yet our  ¹inner man is being  ³renewed day by day.

For our momentary lightness of  ¹affliction works out for us,  ²more and more surpassingly, an  ³eternal weight of  ⁴glory,

Because we do not regard the  ¹things which are seen but the  ²things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

 ¹For we know that if our  ²earthly  ³tabernacle dwelling is taken down, we have a  ⁴building  ⁵from God, a  ⁶dwelling not made with hands, eternal,  ⁷in the heavens.

For also in  ¹this we groan, longing to be  ²clothed upon with our  ³dwelling place  ⁴from heaven,

If indeed, being clothed, we will not be found  ¹naked.

For also, we who are in this tabernacle groan, being  ¹burdened,  ²in that we do not desire to be unclothed, but clothed upon, that  ³what is mortal may be  ⁴swallowed up by life.

Now He who has  ¹wrought us for this very thing is God, who has given to us the Spirit as a  ²pledge.

Therefore being always of good courage and knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are  ¹abroad from the Lord

(For we  ¹walk by faith, not by  ²appearance) —

We are of good courage then and are well pleased rather  ¹to be abroad from the body and at home with the Lord.

Therefore also we are  ¹determined, whether  ²at home or abroad, to gain the honor of being well pleasing to Him.

 ¹For we must all be manifested before the  ²judgment seat of Christ, that each one may  ³receive the things done  ⁴through the body according to what he has practiced, whether good or  ⁵bad.

 ¹Knowing therefore the  ²fear of the Lord, we  ³persuade men, but we are made manifest to God; yet I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.

We are not again commending ourselves to you, but so speak in order to give you an opportunity to boast on our behalf, that you may  ¹have an answer for those who are boasting in outward  ²appearance and not in  ³heart.

For whether we were  ¹beside ourselves, it was to God; or whether we are  ²sober-minded, it is for you.

For the  ¹love of Christ  ²constrains us because we  ³have judged this, that  ⁴One died for all,  ⁵therefore all died;

And He died for all that those who live may  ¹no longer live to themselves but  ²to Him who died for them and has been raised.

 ¹So then we, from now on,  ²know no one according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we  ²know Him so no longer.

 ¹So then if anyone is  ²in Christ, he is a  ³new creation. The  ⁴old things have passed away;  ⁵behold,  ⁶they have become new.

But  ¹all things are out from God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Christ and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

Namely, that God in Christ was reconciling the world to Himself, not accounting their offenses to them, and has put in us the  ¹word of reconciliation.

On behalf of Christ then we are  ¹ambassadors, as God entreats you through us; we beseech you on behalf of Christ, Be  ²reconciled to God.

Him who did  ¹not know sin He made  ²sin on our behalf that we might become the  ³righteousness of God  ⁴in Him.

 ¹And working  ²together with Him, we also  ³entreat you not to receive the  ⁴grace of God in vain;

For He says, “In an acceptable time I listened to you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the  ¹well-acceptable time; behold, now is the day of  ²salvation.

 ¹We give no occasion of stumbling in anything that the  ²ministry may not be faulted,

But in everything we commend ourselves as ministers of God, in much  ¹endurance, in afflictions, in  ²necessities, in distresses,

In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in  ¹watchings, in  ²fastings;

In pureness, in  ¹knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in a holy  ²spirit, in unfeigned  ¹love,

In the word of truth, in the power of God; through the  ¹weapons of righteousness  ²on the right and on the left,

Through  ¹glory and dishonor, through  ²evil report and good report; as  ³deceivers and yet true;

As  ¹unknown and yet well known; as  ²dying and yet behold we live; as  ³being disciplined and yet not being put to death;

As  ¹made sorrowful yet always rejoicing; as  ²poor yet enriching many; as  ³having nothing and yet possessing all things.

Our mouth is opened to you, Corinthians; our heart is  ¹enlarged.

You are not constricted in us, but you are  ¹constricted in your  ²inward parts.

But for a  ¹recompense in kind, I speak as to  ²children, you also  ³be enlarged.

 ¹Do not become  ²dissimilarly yoked with unbelievers. For what  ³partnership do righteousness and lawlessness have? Or what fellowship does light have  ⁴with darkness?

And what concord does Christ have  ¹with Belial? Or what part does a believer have with an unbeliever?

And what agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the  ¹living God, even as God said, “I will dwell among them and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”

Therefore “come out from their midst and be  ¹separated, says the Lord, and do not touch  ²what is unclean; and I will  ³welcome you”;

“And I will be  ¹a Father to you, and you will be  ²sons and daughters to Me, says the Lord Almighty.”