2 Corinthians 4
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2 Corinthians 4:1-7

1ThereforeG1223G3778, since we haveG2192 thisG3778 1ministryG1248, as we 2receivedG1653 mercyG1653, we 3do not loseG1457 heartG1457, 2but we have renouncedG550 the 4thingsG2927 hiddenG2927 because of shameG152, not walkingG4043 in trickeryG3834 norG3366 5distortingG1389 the wordG3056 of GodG2316, but by the openG5321 proclamationG5321 of the truthG225 6commendingG4921 ourselvesG1438 to everyG3956 person’sG444 conscienceG4893 inG1799 theG1799 sightG1799 ofG1799 GodG2316. 3And evenG2532 ifG1487 our 7gospelG2098 is 8veiledG2572, it is veiledG2572 9to 10thoseG3588 who are perishingG622, 4in whoseG3739 caseG1722 11the godG2316 of 12thisG3778 13worldG165 has 14blindedG5186 the mindsG3540 of the unbelievingG571 soG1519 thatG1519 15they will not seeG826 the 16lightG5462 of the gospelG2098 of the 17gloryG1391 of ChristG5547, whoG3739 is the 18imageG1504 of GodG2316. 5For we 19do not preachG2784 ourselvesG1438, but ChristG5547 JesusG2424 as LordG2962, and ourselvesG1438 as your bond-servantsG1401 20on accountG1223 of JesusG2424. 6For GodG2316, who saidG3004, “21LightG5457 shall shineG2989 out of darknessG4655,” is the One whoG3739 has 22shoneG2989 in our heartsG2588 to give the 23LightG5462 of the knowledgeG1108 of the gloryG1391 of GodG2316 in the faceG4383 of ChristG5547.

7But we haveG2192 thisG3778 treasureG2344 in 2425earthenG3749 containersG4632, soG2443 thatG2443 the extraordinaryG5236 greatness of 26the powerG1411 will be of GodG2316 and not from ourselvesG1473;

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Corinthians 4:1 1 Cor 3:5 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Corinthians 4:1 1 Cor 7:25 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Corinthians 4:1 Luke 18:1; 2 Cor 4:16; Gal 6:9; Eph 3:13; 2 Thess 3:13 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Corinthians 4:2 Rom 6:21; 1 Cor 4:5 ↩
  5. 5. 2 Corinthians 4:2 2 Cor 2:17 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Corinthians 4:2 2 Cor 5:11f ↩
  7. 7. 2 Corinthians 4:3 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Corinthians 4:3 1 Cor 2:6ff; 2 Cor 3:14 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Corinthians 4:3 Lit among ↩
  10. 10. 2 Corinthians 4:3 1 Cor 1:18; 2 Cor 2:15 ↩
  11. 11. 2 Corinthians 4:4 John 12:31 ↩
  12. 12. 2 Corinthians 4:4 Matt 13:22 ↩
  13. 13. 2 Corinthians 4:4 Lit age ↩
  14. 14. 2 Corinthians 4:4 2 Cor 3:14 ↩
  15. 15. 2 Corinthians 4:4 Or the light...image of God, will not shine upon them ↩
  16. 16. 2 Corinthians 4:4 Acts 26:18; 2 Cor 4:6 ↩
  17. 17. 2 Corinthians 4:4 2 Cor 3:18; 4:6 ↩
  18. 18. 2 Corinthians 4:4 John 1:18; Phil 2:6; Col 1:15; Heb 1:3 ↩
  19. 19. 2 Corinthians 4:5 1 Cor 4:15f; 1 Thess 2:6f ↩
  20. 20. 2 Corinthians 4:5 Two early mss through Jesus ↩
  21. 21. 2 Corinthians 4:6 Gen 1:3 ↩
  22. 22. 2 Corinthians 4:6 2 Pet 1:19 ↩
  23. 23. 2 Corinthians 4:6 Acts 26:18; 2 Cor 4:4 ↩
  24. 24. 2 Corinthians 4:7 Or earthenware containers ↩
  25. 25. 2 Corinthians 4:7 Job 4:19; 10:9; 33:6; Lam 4:2; 2 Cor 5:1; 2 Tim 2:20 ↩
  26. 26. 2 Corinthians 4:7 Judg 7:2; 1 Cor 2:5 ↩

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