2 Corinthians 4:5
For we preach not ourselves, but the Meshiha, Jeshu our Lord; but ourselves that we are your servants for the sake of Jeshu.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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 20:25And Jeshu called them, and said to them, You know that the princes of the Gentiles are their lords, and their great ones exercise power over them;
Luke 22:25And Jeshu said to them, The kings of the Gentiles are their lords; and they who exercise authority over them, doers of good are called.
John 3:27Juchanon answered and said to them, A man cannot receive of his own will any thing, unless it be given to him from heaven.
John 13:14If I then, your Lord and your Master, have washed for you your feet, how much more ought you to wash the feet of one another?
Acts 3:12And when Shemun saw, he answered and said to them, Men, sons of Israel, why wonder you at this? or why gaze you at us, as by power of ours, or by our (own) authority, we had done this, that this (man) should walk?
Acts 8:9But a certain man was there whose name was Simon, who had dwelt in that city much time, and with his sorceries had deceived the people of the Shomroyee, magnifying himself, and saying, I am the Great.
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 →