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2 Corinthians 4:6-8
1599 Geneva Bible
2 Corinthians 4:6-8
1599 Geneva Bible
6 For God (A)[a]that commanded the light to shine out of darkness, is he which hath shined in our hearts, to give the [b]light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 [c]But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, [d]that the excellency of that power might be of God, and not of us.
8 We are afflicted on every side, yet are we not in distress: we are in doubt, but yet we despair not.
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- 2 Corinthians 4:6 Which made only with his word.
- 2 Corinthians 4:6 That being lightened of God, we should in like sort give that light to others.
- 2 Corinthians 4:7 He taketh away a stumbling block, by which was darkened, amongst some, the bright shining of the ministry of the Gospel, to wit, because the Apostles were the most miserable of all men, Paul answereth that he and his fellows are as it were earthen vessels, but yet there is in them a most precious treasure.
- 2 Corinthians 4:7 He bringeth marvelous reasons, why the Lord doth so afflict his chiefest servants, to the end saith he that all men may perceive that they stand not by any man’s virtue, but by the singular virtue of God, in that they die a thousand times, but never perish.
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