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2 Corinthians 4:5-6
New International Version
2 Corinthians 4:5-6
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)
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- 2 Corinthians 4:6 Gen. 1:3
2 Corinthians 4:5-6
New American Standard Bible
2 Corinthians 4:5-6
New American Standard Bible
5 For we (A)do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants [a]on account of Jesus. 6 For God, who said, “(B)Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has (C)shone in our hearts to give the (D)Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
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- 2 Corinthians 4:5 Two early mss through Jesus
2 Corinthians 4:5-6
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
2 Corinthians 4:5-6
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
5 For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake. 6 For it is the God who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness’, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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2 Corinthians 4:5-6
English Standard Version
2 Corinthians 4:5-6
English Standard Version
5 For what (A)we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with (B)ourselves as your servants[a] for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, who said, (C)“Let light shine out of darkness,” (D)has shone in our hearts to give (E)the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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- 2 Corinthians 4:5 Or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
2 Corinthians 4:5-6
Common English Bible
2 Corinthians 4:5-6
Common English Bible
5 We don’t preach about ourselves. Instead, we preach about Jesus Christ as Lord, and we describe ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake. 6 God said that light should shine out of the darkness. He is the same one who shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory in the face of Jesus Christ.
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