2 Corinthians 4

Which worship songs are based on 2 Corinthians 4?

WHAT LIVING IS ALL ABOUT — Forrest Frank (2024) 2 Corinthians 4:3-4
The testimony explicitly identifies Paul's imagery of a veil obscuring spiritual understanding and its removal when a person turns to the Lord.
O Great God — Sovereign Grace Music (2020) 2 Corinthians 4:3-6
The testimony of former spiritual blindness followed by divine illumination through the gospel of the Son closely follows Paul’s description of blinded minds receiving God’s light in the knowledge of Christ.
Unashamed — The Persuaded & Kevin Young (2019) 2 Corinthians 4:6
The image of divine light shining within human hearts amid darkness closely reflects Paul's description of God illuminating believers' hearts through Christ.
Your Light — Jon Thurlow (2017) 2 Corinthians 4:6
The chorus presents God as placing divine light within the heart and overcoming darkness, closely corresponding to Paul's description of God shining light in human hearts.
Water and Dust — Cory Asbury (2018) 2 Corinthians 4:7
The song closely combines Paul's image of divine treasure contained in fragile clay vessels with his repeated exhortation not to lose heart.
Estamos de Pé (Ao Vivo) — Marcus Salles (2020) 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
The opening sequence closely reproduces Paul’s paired descriptions of affliction without defeat, including perplexity, persecution, abandonment, and destruction.
Estamos de Pé - Ao Vivo — Marcus Salles (2021) 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
The opening sequence closely reproduces Paul’s four contrasts concerning pressure, perplexity, persecution, and being struck down without final defeat.
Take It All Back — Tauren Wells & Davies. & We The Kingdom (2022) 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
The distinction between being wounded and being destroyed closely mirrors Paul’s description of believers enduring severe affliction without being defeated.
Never Shaken — Sam Purpose (2021) 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
The paired descriptions of oppression, perplexity, and survival closely rework Paul’s catalogue of believers enduring severe pressure without being crushed or destroyed.
Never Quit — Sam Purpose (2017) 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
Paul’s contrast between severe pressure and ultimate destruction is reproduced as a declaration of endurance under hardship.
Down — Bizzle & Joey Vantes (2018) 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
The chorus closely echoes Paul’s contrast between suffering real blows and nevertheless not being destroyed. Its surrounding emphasis on distress, persecution, and continued endurance reinforces the connection.
Undefeated — KB & Tauren Wells (2017) 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
The opening description of believers as pressured, persecuted, and struck down while remaining unconquered closely follows Paul’s account of suffering without destruction.
Don’t Lose Heart — Steven Curtis Chapman (2022) 2 Corinthians 4:16-17
The central exhortation and the contrast between temporary affliction and incomparable glory closely paraphrase Paul's encouragement to persevere because present suffering is producing eternal glory.
Where Are You? (We will not lose heart) — Tenielle Neda (2025) 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
The bridge’s repeated resolve against discouragement and the chorus’s focus on invisible, eternal realities closely follow Paul’s contrast between temporary affliction and eternal glory.
Don't Be Afraid — Josh Garrels (2019) 2 Corinthians 4:16-17
The song presents present burdens as unable to destroy the inner person and as preparation for coming glory. This closely parallels Paul's contrast between temporary affliction, inward renewal, and the eternal weight of glory it prepares.
Rise My Soul The Lord Is Risen (Live) — CityAlight (2024) 2 Corinthians 4:17
The contrast between brief present trials and approaching glory closely follows Paul’s contrast between momentary affliction and an eternal weight of glory.
Temporary — Blanca (2025) 2 Corinthians 4:17-18
The description of present hardships as brief and temporary closely parallels Paul's contrast between momentary affliction and enduring, unseen glory.
Only for a Moment — Danny Gokey (2024) 2 Corinthians 4:17-18
The song presents present suffering as temporary and encourages perseverance in view of the good God is bringing through it, closely reflecting Paul's contrast between momentary affliction and future glory.
Keep On Keeping On — Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (2021) 2 Corinthians 4:17-18
The bridge closely follows Paul's contrast between brief present affliction and the eternal glory God is producing through it. The song likewise directs attention beyond visible suffering toward its everlasting outcome.
Butterfly — Josh Garrels (2019) 2 Corinthians 4:17
The description of glory as possessing weight directly invokes Paul’s contrast between present affliction and the surpassing glory being prepared for believers.
How He Loves — Crowder (2020) 2 Corinthians 4:17
The contrast between present affliction and an overwhelming glory closely reflects Paul's description of temporary suffering being outweighed by eternal glory.
not by sight — Stephen Stanley (2024) 2 Corinthians 4:18
The chorus closely reflects Paul's contrast between visible, temporary circumstances and unseen, eternal realities by describing an intentional search beyond what the eyes can perceive.
ALL THINGS — Anna Golden (2021) 2 Corinthians 4:18
The bridge deliberately directs attention away from visible circumstances and toward unseen realities, closely following Paul's contrast between the temporary visible world and the eternal unseen world.
Technicolor — Colton Dixon (2017) 2 Corinthians 4:18
The song contrasts physical eyesight with a God-given perception of unseen reality and calls for deliberate spiritual focus. This closely reflects Paul's distinction between what is visible and temporary and what is unseen and eternal.

2 Corinthians 4 (King James Version)

¹ Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

² 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.

³ But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

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, 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 shined 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.

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

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

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.

¹¹ For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

¹² So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

¹³ 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;

¹⁴ Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.

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.

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

¹⁸ 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.