Funeral reading
2 Corinthians 4:16–18, 5:1
King James Bible
“2 Corinthians 4:16–18, 5:1” by King James Bible is a scripture reading read at a funeral or memorial service. It takes about 40 seconds read aloud, usually by a guest reader. It is in the public domain, so the full text is printed on this page and goes straight into a ceremony script.
The full text
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 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. For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Public domain, so these words can be printed in a ceremony script or an order of service.
What it is about
For a body that failed long before the person did.
Read at a funeral or memorial service. Themes: the inward man renewed · the body failing · a long decline · what is unseen.
Questions about reading it aloud
How long does “2 Corinthians 4:16–18, 5:1” take to read aloud?
“2 Corinthians 4:16–18, 5:1” takes about 40 seconds read aloud at a ceremony pace, which is slower than conversation — roughly 130 words a minute. That is the figure the run-sheet uses when it works out the timing for the whole service.
Who usually reads “2 Corinthians 4:16–18, 5:1”?
Usually a guest reader rather than the officiant. “2 Corinthians 4:16–18, 5:1” runs about 40 seconds, which is a manageable amount to hand to a friend or family member. Give them a printed copy of their own, in a size they can read without their glasses, and tell them where to stand and how you will introduce them.
Can “2 Corinthians 4:16–18, 5:1” be printed in a ceremony script?
Yes. It is in the public domain, so the full text is on this page and can be printed in a script or an order of service.
Where this text was checked
Checked word for word against a full-text edition that is itself the authority — a Project Gutenberg or Wikisource transcription, a publisher’s own edition, or the issuing body’s page.
Checked
A reading is two minutes of the hour.
The rest is the welcome, the life, the remembrances, the committal — and knowing what comes next. Answer some questions about them and get the whole service, written out, with this reading in its place.