4:1  ideo habentes hanc ministrationem       1.  Therefore seeing we have this  
iuxta quod misericordiam consecuti           ministry, as we have received mercy, we  
sumus non deficimus                          faint not;
                                             
4:2  sed abdicamus occulta dedecoris         2.  But have renounced the hidden  
non ambulantes in astutia neque              things of dishonesty, not walking in  
adulterantes verbum Dei sed in               craftiness, nor handling the word of  
manifestatione veritatis commendantes        God deceitfully; but by manifestation  
nosmet ipsos ad omnem conscientiam           of the truth commending ourselves to  
hominum coram Deo                            every man's conscience in the sight of  
                                             God.
                                             
4:3  quod si etiam opertum est               3.  But if our gospel be hid, it is hid  
evangelium nostrum in his qui pereunt        to them that are lost:
est opertum                                  

4:4  in quibus deus huius saeculi            4.  In whom the god of this world hath  
excaecavit mentes infidelium ut non          blinded the minds of them which believe  
fulgeat inluminatio evangelii gloriae        not, lest the light of the glorious  
Christi qui est imago Dei                    gospel of Christ, who is the image of  
                                             God, should shine unto them.
                                             
4:5  non enim nosmet ipsos praedicamus       5.  For we preach not ourselves, but  
sed Iesum Christum Dominum nos autem         Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves  
servos vestros per Iesum                     your servants for Jesus' sake.
                                             
4:6  quoniam Deus qui dixit de tenebris      6.  For God, who commanded the light to  
lucem splendescere qui inluxit in            shine out of darkness, hath shined in  
cordibus nostris ad inluminationem           our hearts, to give the light of the  
scientiae claritatis Dei in facie            knowledge of the glory of God in the  
Christi Iesu                                 face of Jesus Christ.
                                             
4:7  habemus autem thesaurum istum in        7.  But we have this treasure in  
vasis fictilibus ut sublimitas sit           earthen vessels, that the excellency of  
virtutis Dei et non ex nobis                 the power may be of God, and not of us.
                                             
4:8  in omnibus tribulationem patimur        8.  We are troubled on every side, yet  
sed non angustiamur aporiamur sed non        not distressed; we are perplexed, but  
destituimur                                  not in despair;
                                             
4:9  persecutionem patimur sed non           9.  Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast  
derelinquimur deicimur sed non perimus       down, but not destroyed;
                                             
4:10  semper mortificationem Iesu in         10.  Always bearing about in the body  
corpore nostro circumferentes ut et          the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the  
vita Iesu in corporibus nostris              life also of Jesus might be made  
manifestetur                                 manifest in our body.
                                             
4:11  semper enim nos qui vivimus in         11.  For we which live are alway  
mortem tradimur propter Iesum ut et          delivered unto death for Jesus' sake,  
vita Iesu manifestetur in carne nostra       that the life also of Jesus might be  
mortali                                      made manifest in our mortal flesh.
                                             
4:12  ergo mors in nobis operatur vita       12.  So then death worketh in us, but  
autem in vobis                               life in you.
                                             
4:13  habentes autem eundem spiritum         13.  We having the same spirit of  
fidei sicut scriptum est credidi             faith, according as it is written, I  
propter quod locutus sum et nos              believed, and therefore have I spoken;  
credimus propter quod et loquimur            we also believe, and therefore speak;
                                             
4:14  scientes quoniam qui suscitavit        14.  Knowing that he which raised up  
Iesum et nos cum Iesu suscitabit et          the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also  
constituet vobiscum                          by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
                                             
4:15  omnia enim propter vos ut gratia       15.  For all things are for your sakes,  
abundans per multos gratiarum actione        that the abundant grace might through  
abundet in gloriam Dei                       the thanksgiving of many redound to the  
                                             glory of God.
                                             
4:16  propter quod non deficimus sed         16.  For which cause we faint not; but  
licet is qui foris est noster homo           though our outward man perish, yet the  
corrumpitur tamen is qui intus est           inward man is renewed day by day.
renovatur de die in diem                     

4:17  id enim quod in praesenti est          17.  For our light affliction, which is  
momentaneum et leve tribulationis            but for a moment, worketh for us a far  
nostrae supra modum in sublimitatem          more exceeding and eternal weight of  
aeternum gloriae pondus operatur nobis       glory;
                                             
4:18  non contemplantibus nobis quae         18.  While we look not at the things  
videntur sed quae non videntur quae          which are seen, but at the things which  
enim videntur temporalia sunt quae           are not seen: for the things which are  
autem non videntur aeterna sunt              seen are temporal; but the things which  
                                             are not seen are eternal.