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6(A) The Scriptures say, “God commanded light to shine in the dark.” Now God is shining in our hearts to let you know that his glory is seen in Jesus Christ.
7We are like clay jars in which this treasure is stored. The real power comes from God and not from us. 8We often suffer, but we are never crushed. Even when we don't know what to do, we never give up. 9In times of trouble, God is with us, and when we are knocked down, we get up again. 10-11We face death every day because of Jesus. Our bodies show what his death was like, so his life can also be seen in us. 12This means that death is working in us, but life is working in you.
13In the Scriptures it says, “I spoke because I had faith.” We have this same kind of faith. So we speak
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Cross references
- 4.6 : Gn 1.3.
6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”[a](A) made his light shine in our hearts(B) to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.(C)
7But we have this treasure in jars of clay(D) to show that this all-surpassing power is from God(E) and not from us. 8We are hard pressed on every side,(F) but not crushed; perplexed,(G) but not in despair; 9persecuted,(H) but not abandoned;(I) struck down, but not destroyed.(J) 10We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus,(K) so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.(L) 11For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake,(M) so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. 12So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.(N)
13It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.”[b](O) Since we have that same spirit of[c] faith,(P) we also believe and therefore speak,
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Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 4:6 Gen. 1:3
- 2 Corinthians 4:13 Psalm 116:10 (see Septuagint)
- 2 Corinthians 4:13 Or Spirit-given
Cross references
- 2 Corinthians 4:6 : Ge 1:3; Ps 18:28
- 2 Corinthians 4:6 : 2Pe 1:19
- 2 Corinthians 4:6 : ver 4
- 2 Corinthians 4:7 : Job 4:19; Isa 64:8; 2Ti 2:20
- 2 Corinthians 4:7 : Jdg 7:2; 1Co 2:5; 2Co 6:7
- 2 Corinthians 4:8 : 2Co 7:5
- 2 Corinthians 4:8 : Gal 4:20
- 2 Corinthians 4:9 : Jn 15:20; Ro 8:35
- 2 Corinthians 4:9 : Heb 13:5
- 2 Corinthians 4:9 : Ps 37:24; Pr 24:16
- 2 Corinthians 4:10 : S Ro 6:6; S 2Co 1:5
- 2 Corinthians 4:10 : S Ro 6:5
- 2 Corinthians 4:11 : Ro 8:36
- 2 Corinthians 4:12 : 2Co 13:9
- 2 Corinthians 4:13 : Ps 116:10
- 2 Corinthians 4:13 : 1Co 12:9
6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
8We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
9Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
10Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
11For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
12So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
13We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
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