For God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”(A) has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge(B) of God’s glory(C) in the face of Jesus Christ.

Treasure in Clay Jars

Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power(D) may be from God and not from us.

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15 Woe to those who go to great lengths
to hide their plans from the Lord.(A)
They do their works in darkness,
and say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”(B)
16 You have turned things around,
as if the potter were the same as the clay.
How can what is made say about its maker,
“He didn’t make me”?(C)
How can what is formed
say about the one who formed it,
“He doesn’t understand what he’s doing”?

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Yet Lord, You are our Father;(A)
we are the clay, and You are our potter;
we all are the work of Your hands.(B)

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25 But hold on to what you have until I come.(A) 26 The one who is victorious and keeps My works to the end: I will give him authority over the nations—

27 and he will shepherd[a](B) them with an iron scepter;
he will shatter them like pottery(C)[b]

just as I have received this from My Father. 28 I will also give him the morning star.(D)

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