2 Corinthians 4:4
whose unbelieving minds the god of this age has darkened, so that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine to them.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
3But if our gospel is vailed, it is vailed among the lost,
5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants, for Jesus sake.
Cross References
Matthew 4:8Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them,
John 1:18No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has revealed him.
John 12:31Now is the judgment of this world: now is the prince of this world cast out.
John 12:40He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and should turn, and I should give them health.
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 →