2 Corinthians 4:3
But even if our good-news is concealed, it is concealed in those who are perishing,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
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Matthew 11:25Jesus having responded at that time, said, I extol thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because thou hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to the childlike.
1 Corinthians 1:18For the message of the cross is of course, foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is a power of God.
2 Corinthians 2:15Because we are a fragrance of Christ to God, in those being saved and in those perishing:
2 Corinthians 4:4in whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, in order for the light of the good-news of the glory of the Christ (who is a likeness of God) not to shine forth to them.
2 Thessalonians 2:9Whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and marvels of deceit,
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 4:2-8
Constancy and Sincerity of the Apostles; The Apostle's Integrity. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; 2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. 3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which… Read the whole commentary →