[a]If the Gospel be then hid, it is hid to them that are lost.

In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds, that is, of the infidels, that the [b]light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, which is the [c]image of God, should not shine unto them.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 4:3 An objection: Many hear the Gospel, and yet are no more lightened thereby than by the preaching of the Law. He answereth, The fault is in the men themselves, whose eyes Satan plucketh out, who ruleth in this world. And yet notwithstanding doth he and his fellows set forth the most clear light of the Gospel to be seen and beholden, seeing that Christ whom only they preach, is he in whom only God will be known, and as it were seen.
  2. 2 Corinthians 4:4 The light of plain and lightsome preaching, which telleth forth the glory of Christ.
  3. 2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the Father setteth forth himself to be seen and beholden.

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