2 Corinthians 4:2
but we lay aside the hidden things of disgrace, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but in the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men, before God.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
1Therefore having this ministry, as we have obtained mercy, we faint not;
3But if indeed our gospel is hidden, it is hidden with those who are lost:
Cross References
Romans 1:16For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
1 Corinthians 4:5So judge nothing before the time, until the Lord may come, who will also bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then praise shall be to each one from God.
2 Corinthians 2:17For we are not as many, corrupting the word of God: but as of purity, but as from God, we speak in Christ, in the presence of God.
2 Corinthians 6:4but in everything commending ourselves, as the ministers of God, in much patience, in tribulations, in straits, in difficulties,
2 Corinthians 11:3but I fear, lest, as the serpent beguiled Eve by his craftiness, your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity which is in Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:13For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
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 →