New American Standard Bible 1995
2 Corinthians 4:3-7
3And evenG2532 ifG1487 our 1gospelG2098 is 2veiledG2572, it is veiledG2572 3to 4thoseG3588 who are perishingG622, 4in whoseG3739 caseG1722 5the godG2316 of 6thisG3778 7worldG165 has 8blindedG5186 the mindsG3540 of the unbelievingG571 9soG1519 that they might not seeG826 the 10lightG5462 of the gospelG2098 of the 11gloryG1391 of ChristG5547, whoG3739 is the 12imageG1504 of GodG2316. 5For we 13do not preachG2784 ourselvesG1438 but ChristG5547 JesusG2424 as LordG2962, and ourselvesG1438 as your bond-servantsG1401 14for Jesus’G2424 sakeG1223. 6For GodG2316, who saidG3004, “15LightG5457 shall shineG2989 out of darknessG4655,” is the One whoG3739 has 16shoneG2989 in our heartsG2588 to give the 17LightG5462 of the knowledgeG1108 of the gloryG1391 of GodG2316 in the faceG4383 of ChristG5547.
7But we haveG2192 thisG3778 treasureG2344 in 18earthenG3749 vesselsG4632, soG2443 that the surpassingG5236 greatnessG5236 of 19the powerG1411 will be of GodG2316 and not from ourselvesG1473;
Notes
- 1. 2 Corinthians 4:3 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
- 2. 2 Corinthians 4:3 1 Cor 2:6ff; 2 Cor 3:14 ↩
- 3. 2 Corinthians 4:3 Lit in ↩
- 4. 2 Corinthians 4:3 1 Cor 1:18; 2 Cor 2:15 ↩
- 5. 2 Corinthians 4:4 John 12:31 ↩
- 6. 2 Corinthians 4:4 Matt 13:22 ↩
- 7. 2 Corinthians 4:4 Lit age ↩
- 8. 2 Corinthians 4:4 2 Cor 3:14 ↩
- 9. 2 Corinthians 4:4 Or that the light...image of God, would not dawn upon them ↩
- 10. 2 Corinthians 4:4 Acts 26:18; 2 Cor 4:6 ↩
- 11. 2 Corinthians 4:4 2 Cor 3:18; 4:6 ↩
- 12. 2 Corinthians 4:4 John 1:18; Phil 2:6; Col 1:15; Heb 1:3 ↩
- 13. 2 Corinthians 4:5 1 Cor 4:15f; 1 Thess 2:6f ↩
- 14. 2 Corinthians 4:5 Two early mss read through Jesus ↩
- 15. 2 Corinthians 4:6 Gen 1:3 ↩
- 16. 2 Corinthians 4:6 2 Pet 1:19 ↩
- 17. 2 Corinthians 4:6 Acts 26:18; 2 Cor 4:4 ↩
- 18. 2 Corinthians 4:7 Job 4:19; 10:9; 33:6; Lam 4:2; 2 Cor 5:1; 2 Tim 2:20 ↩
- 19. 2 Corinthians 4:7 Judg 7:2; 1 Cor 2:5 ↩
Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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