2 Corinthians 4
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2 Corinthians 4:4-7

4in whoseG3739 caseG1722 1the godG2316 of 2thisG3778 3worldG165 has 4blindedG5186 the mindsG3540 of the unbelievingG571 soG1519 thatG1519 5they will not seeG826 the 6lightG5462 of the gospelG2098 of the 7gloryG1391 of ChristG5547, whoG3739 is the 8imageG1504 of GodG2316. 5For we 9do not preachG2784 ourselvesG1438, but ChristG5547 JesusG2424 as LordG2962, and ourselvesG1438 as your bond-servantsG1401 10on accountG1223 of JesusG2424. 6For GodG2316, who saidG3004, “11LightG5457 shall shineG2989 out of darknessG4655,” is the One whoG3739 has 12shoneG2989 in our heartsG2588 to give the 13LightG5462 of the knowledgeG1108 of the gloryG1391 of GodG2316 in the faceG4383 of ChristG5547.

7But we haveG2192 thisG3778 treasureG2344 in 1415earthenG3749 containersG4632, soG2443 thatG2443 the extraordinaryG5236 greatness of 16the powerG1411 will be of GodG2316 and not from ourselvesG1473;

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Notes

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

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