2 Corinthians 4:5
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord; and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 20:25But Jesus, having called them to him, said: Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and they that are great exercise authority over them.
Luke 22:25And he said to them: The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they who exercise authority over them are called benefactors.
John 3:27John answered and said: A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
John 13:14If I then, the Master and the Teacher, washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
Acts 3:12And Peter, seeing it, answered to the people: Men of Israel, why wonder ye at this? Or why look ye so intently on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man to walk?
Acts 8:9But a certain man, named Simon, was in the city before, using sorcery, and bewitching the people of Samaria, saying that he was some great one;
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 →