2C 4 Quote Cards

Question 1

2C 4:13

Answer 1

It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak,

Question 2

2C 4:2

Answer 2

Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.

Question 3

2C 4:8

Answer 3

We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

Question 4

2C 4:4

Answer 4

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Question 5

2C 4:18

Answer 5

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Question 6

2C 4:7

Answer 6

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

Question 7

2C 4:5

Answer 7

For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

Question 8

2C 4:16

Answer 8

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

Question 9

2C 4:15

Answer 9

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

Question 10

2C 4:1

Answer 10

Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.

Question 11

2C 4:11

Answer 11

For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body.

Question 12

2C 4:17

Answer 12

For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

Question 13

2C 4:9

Answer 13

persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

Question 14

2C 4:12

Answer 14

So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

Question 15

2C 4:6

Answer 15

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 God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.

Question 16

2C 4:3

Answer 16

And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.

Question 17

2C 4:14

Answer 17

because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you to himself.

Question 18

2C 4:10

Answer 18

We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.