17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

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18 But we all, with open face" beholding das in a glass the glory of the Lord, are 'changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.12

CHAP. IV.

1 He declareth how he hath used all sincerity and faithful diligence in preaching the Gospel, 7 and how the 'troubles and persecutions which he daily endured for the same did redound to the praise of God's power, 12 to the benefit of the Church, 16 and to the apostle's own eternal glory.

THEREFORE seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

2 But have renounced the hidden things of dis

11 with unvailed face. Pu. 12 of the Lord the Spirit. A. V.

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they abide not in unbelief, shall be graffed in for God is able to graff them in again. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

a ISA. xxv. 7: He will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.

b Ver. 6. 1 COR. xv. 45: And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

ROM. viii. 2: For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

d See on 1 COR. xiii. 12.

e 2 Cor. iv. 4, 6. 1 TIM. i. 11: According to the glorious Gospel of the blessed God.

f See on ROM. viii. 29.

8 Ps. lxxxiv. 7: They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

a See on 2 Cor. iii. 6.

CHAP. IV.

1 COR. vii. 25: I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. 1 TIM. i. 13: Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

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ROм. i. 16: I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ.

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honesty,' not walking in craftiness, nor dhandling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

3 But if our Gospel be hid,2 it is hid to 3 them that are lost :4

4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ,

1 Gr. shame. Rom. i. 16; vi. 21. A. V. 2 vailed. We. 3 in. Ham. *perish. We. Among. Ham.

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do. vi. 21: What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

d2 COR. ii. 17: We are not as many, which corrupt the word of God. do. vii. 2: Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. I THES. ii. 3, 5: Our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile. Neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know.

e2 COR. v. 11: We are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences. do. vi. 4, 7: But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses. By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left. do. vii. 14: For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth. do. xi. 6: We have been throughly made manifest among you in all things. do. xii. 12: Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

1 COR. ix. 2: The seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord. 2 COR. v. 11: The words above. do. vi. 4: In all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God.

See on 2 COR. ii. 15.

h See on JOHN, Xii. 31.

ISA. vi. 10: Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes. See on MAT. xiii. 11, 14.

* Ver. 6. 2 COR. iii. 8, 9, 11, 18.

'JOHN, i. 14, 18: And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. No man hath

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who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves "your servants for Jesus' sake.

6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath' Pshined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

7 But we have this treasure in 'earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

6 similitude. Pu. Gr. is he who hath. A. V. appearance. Pu.

seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. PHI. ii. 6: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God. See on JOHN, xiv. 9.

m 1 COR. i. 13, 23: Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? We preach Christ crucified. do. ii. 2: I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. do. x. 33: Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

n l'COR. ix. 19: For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. See on 2 COR. i. 24.

GEN. i. 3: God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

P Ver. 4. EPH. v. 8: Ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord. COL. i. 13: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son. 1 PET. ii. 9: That 1 PET. ii. 9: That ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. 2 PET. i. 19: We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place.

9 MAT. xiii. 44: The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field.

1 COR. ii. 5: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 2 COR. iii. 5: Our sufficiency is of God. do. xii. 9: And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in r infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed,10 but not in despair;11

9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; "cast down, but not destroyed;

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10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, "that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

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11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that they life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

same spirit of faith, accordI believed, and therefore also believe, and therefore

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t2 Cor. vii. 5: For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.

" Ps. xxxvii. 24: Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.

v2 COR. i. 9: But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead. GAL. vi. 17: From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. PHI. iii. 10: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death. See on Roм. viii. 36.

y 1 COR. xv. 49: And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

2 See on 1 COR, ii, 3.

a See on ROм. i. 12.

b Ps. cxvi. 10: I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted.

See on Acтs, ii. 24.

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15 For all things are for your sakes, that the 'abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.

16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

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17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory:

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12 set. Co. Be. Cr. Bi. Gen. Rh. 13 far more excellent. Gen. most superlative. Ham.

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e 1 COR. iii. 21, 22: Let no man glory in men. things are your's; whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's. 2 COR. i. 6: Whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation-or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. CoL. i. 24: For his body's sake, which is the Church. 2 TIM. ii. 10: I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

f2 COR. i. 11: Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf. do. viii. 19: And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind. do. ix. 11, 12: Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God.

81 COR. XV. 58: Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye sted fast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

b See on ROM. vii. 22.

I See on ROM. viii. 18.

* ROM. viii. 24: For we are saved by hope: but hope that is, seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope