4. in whom the mighty one of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, so that the enlightening of the Good News of the esteem of Messiah, who is the likeness of Elohim, does not shine on them.
5. For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Messiah יהושע the Master, and ourselves your servants for the sake of יהושע.
6. For Elohim, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts for the enlightening of the knowledge of the esteem of Elohim in the face of יהושע Messiah.
7. And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the excellence of the power might be of Elohim, and not of us –
8. being hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; being perplexed, but not in despair;
9. being persecuted, but not forsaken; being thrown down, but not destroyed;
10. always bearing about in the body the dying of the Master יהושע, that the life of יהושע might also be manifested in our body.
11. For we, the living, are always delivered to death for the sake of יהושע, that the life of יהושע might also be manifested in our mortal flesh,