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2 Corinthians 4:5-7
New Testament for Everyone
2 Corinthians 4:5-7
New Testament for Everyone
5 We don’t proclaim ourselves, you see, but Jesus the Messiah as Lord, and ourselves as your servants because of Jesus; 6 because the God who said “let light shine out of darkness” has shone in our hearts, to produce the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus the Messiah.
Treasure in earthenware pots
7 But we have this treasure in earthenware pots, so that the extraordinary quality of the power may belong to God, not to us.
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2 Corinthians 4:5-7
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2 Corinthians 4:5-7
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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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