Add parallel Print Page Options

15 For all these things are for your sake, so that the grace that is including[a] more and more people may cause thanksgiving to increase[b] to the glory of God. 16 Therefore we do not despair,[c] but even if our physical body[d] is wearing away, our inner person[e] is being renewed day by day. 17 For our momentary, light suffering[f] is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 4:15 tn Or “that is abounding to.”
  2. 2 Corinthians 4:15 tn Or “to abound.”
  3. 2 Corinthians 4:16 tn Or “do not lose heart.”
  4. 2 Corinthians 4:16 tn Grk “our outer man.”
  5. 2 Corinthians 4:16 tn Grk “our inner [man].”
  6. 2 Corinthians 4:17 tn Grk “momentary lightness of affliction.”

15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving(A) to overflow to the glory of God.

16 Therefore we do not lose heart.(B) Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly(C) we are being renewed(D) day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.(E)

Read full chapter