Treasure in Jars of Clay

But we have this treasure in (A)jars of clay, (B)to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

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(A)Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but (B)our sufficiency is from God, who has made us sufficient to be (C)ministers of (D)a new covenant, not of (E)the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but (F)the Spirit gives life.

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Our Heavenly Dwelling

For we know that if (A)the tent that is (B)our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, (C)a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

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For (A)by grace you have been saved (B)through faith. And this is (C)not your own doing; (D)it is the gift of God, (E)not a result of works, (F)so that no one may boast.

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28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even (A)things that are not, to (B)bring to nothing things that are,

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And (A)I was with you (B)in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of (C)the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men[a] but (D)in the power of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 2:5 The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women

19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, (A)according to the working of (B)his great might 20 that he worked in Christ (C)when he raised him from the dead and (D)seated him at his right hand (E)in the heavenly places,

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The precious sons of Zion,
    worth their weight in (A)fine gold,
how they are regarded as (B)earthen pots,
    the work of a potter's hands!

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So (A)to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations,[a] (B)a thorn was given me in the flesh, (C)a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. (D)Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But he said to me, (E)“My grace is sufficient for you, for (F)my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that (G)the power of Christ may rest upon me.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 12:7 Or hears from me, even because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited

10 For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but (A)his bodily presence is weak, and (B)his speech of no account.”

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The Parable of the Hidden Treasure

44 “The kingdom of heaven (A)is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy (B)he goes and sells all that he has and (C)buys that field.

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20 Now in (A)a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, (B)some for honorable use, some for dishonorable.

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27 (A)To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are (B)the riches of the glory of (C)this mystery, which is Christ in you, (D)the hope of glory.

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To me, (A)though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, (B)to preach to the Gentiles the (C)unsearchable (D)riches of Christ,

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The Light of the Gospel

Therefore, having (A)this ministry (B)by the mercy of God,[a] we do not lose heart.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 4:1 Greek having this ministry as we have received mercy

12 (A)having been buried with him in baptism, in which (B)you were also raised with him through faith in (C)the powerful working of God, (D)who raised him from the dead.

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13 You know it was (A)because of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you (B)at first, 14 and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not scorn or despise me, but received me (C)as an angel of God, (D)as Christ Jesus.

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13 When Gideon came, behold, a man was telling a dream to his comrade. And he said, “Behold, I dreamed a dream, and behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian and came to the tent and struck it so that it fell and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.” 14 And his comrade answered, “This is no other than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel; God has given into his hand Midian and all the camp.”

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because (A)our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and (B)in the Holy Spirit and with full (C)conviction. You know (D)what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.

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even (A)when we were dead in our trespasses, (B)made us alive together with Christ—(C)by grace you have been saved—

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For (A)he was crucified in weakness, but (B)lives by the power of God. For (C)we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you (D)we will live with him by the power of God.

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10 (A)as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; (B)as poor, yet making many rich; (C)as having nothing, (D)yet possessing everything.

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19 how much more those who dwell in houses of (A)clay,
    whose foundation is in (B)the dust,
    who are crushed like[a] (C)the moth.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 4:19 Or before

The Lord said to Gideon, “The people with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, (A)lest Israel boast over me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’

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