2 Corinthians 4:1-7

1Therefore, since we have this 1ministry, as we 2received mercy, we 3do not lose heart, 2but we have renounced the 4things hidden because of shame, not walking in trickery nor 5distorting the word of God, but by the open proclamation of the truth 6commending ourselves to every person’s conscience in the sight of God. 3And even if our 7gospel is 8veiled, it is veiled 9to 10those who are perishing, 4in whose case 11the god of 12this 13world has 14blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that 15they will not see the 16light of the gospel of the 17glory of Christ, who is the 18image of God. 5For we 19do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants 20on account of Jesus. 6For God, who said, “21Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has 22shone in our hearts to give the 23Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

7But we have this treasure in 2425earthen containers, so that the extraordinary greatness of 26the power will be of God and not from ourselves;