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2 Corinthians 4:5-7
1599 Geneva Bible
2 Corinthians 4:5-7
1599 Geneva Bible
5 [a]For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for [b]Jesus’ sake.
6 For God (A)[c]that commanded the light to shine out of darkness, is he which hath shined in our hearts, to give the [d]light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 [e]But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, [f]that the excellency of that power might be of God, and not of us.
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- 2 Corinthians 4:5 He removeth according to his accustomed manner, all suspicion of ambition: avouching that he teacheth faithfully, but as a servant, and witnessing that all this light which he and his fellows give to others, proceedeth from the Lord.
- 2 Corinthians 4:5 To preach this selfsame Jesus to you.
- 2 Corinthians 4:6 Which made only with his word.
- 2 Corinthians 4:6 That being lightened of God, we should in like sort give that light to others.
- 2 Corinthians 4:7 He taketh away a stumbling block, by which was darkened, amongst some, the bright shining of the ministry of the Gospel, to wit, because the Apostles were the most miserable of all men, Paul answereth that he and his fellows are as it were earthen vessels, but yet there is in them a most precious treasure.
- 2 Corinthians 4:7 He bringeth marvelous reasons, why the Lord doth so afflict his chiefest servants, to the end saith he that all men may perceive that they stand not by any man’s virtue, but by the singular virtue of God, in that they die a thousand times, but never perish.
2 Corinthians 4:5-7
New International Version
2 Corinthians 4:5-7
New International Version
5 For what we preach is not ourselves,(A) but Jesus Christ as Lord,(B) and ourselves as your servants(C) for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”[a](D) made his light shine in our hearts(E) to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.(F)
7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay(G) to show that this all-surpassing power is from God(H) and not from us.
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 4:6 Gen. 1:3
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