The Light of the Gospel 1 WBS Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; BSB BSB: Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
2 WBS But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty; not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but, by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. BSB BSB: 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.
3 WBS But if our gospel is hid, it is hid to them that are lost: BSB BSB: And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
4 WBS In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them who believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine to them. BSB BSB: 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.
5 WBS For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. BSB BSB: For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
6 WBS For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined into our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. BSB BSB: 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.
Treasure in Jars of Clay (Romans 6:1–14)
7 WBS But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not from us. BSB BSB: Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
8 WBS We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;BSB BSB: We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
9 WBS Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; BSB BSB: persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
10 WBS Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our body. BSB BSB: We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
11 WBS For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh. BSB BSB: 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.
12 WBS So then death worketh in us, but life in you. BSB BSB: So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
13 WBS We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; BSB BSB: 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,
14 WBS Knowing, that he who raised the Lord Jesus, will raise us also by Jesus, and will present us with you. BSB BSB: knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.
15 WBS For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace may, through the thanksgiving of many, redound to the glory of God. BSB BSB: All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow, to the glory of God.
16 WBS For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man is wasted, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. BSB BSB: Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
17 WBS For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; BSB BSB: For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
18 WBS While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. BSB BSB: 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.