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2 Corinthians 4:6

Because [it is] the God who spoke that out of darkness light should shine who has shone in our hearts for the shining forth of the knowledge of the glory of God in [the] face of [Jesus] Christ.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

For 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.

In Context

5For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus Lord, and ourselves your bondmen for Jesus' sake.

7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassingness of the power may be of God, and not from us:

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Cross References

Genesis 1:14And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;

Exodus 34:5And Jehovah came down in the cloud, and stood beside him there, and proclaimed the name of Jehovah.

Psalms 74:16The day is thine, the night also is thine; *thou* hast prepared the moon and the sun:

Psalms 136:7To him that made great lights, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever;

Isaiah 35:2It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice even with joy and shouting: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of Jehovah, the excellency of our God.

Isaiah 45:7forming the light and creating darkness, making peace and creating evil: I, Jehovah, do all these things.

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 →

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