2 Corinthians 4:7
Howbeit we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that, the surpassing greatness of the power, may be of God, and not from ourselves:—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
8On every side, pressed hard, but not hemmed in, without a way, but not without a by-way,
Cross References
Judges 7:2And Yahweh said unto Gideon, Too many, are the people that are with thee, for me to deliver the Midianites into their hand,—lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand, hath saved me.
Judges 7:16And he divided the three hundred men, into three companies,—and put horns into the hands of them all, with empty pitchers, and torches inside the pitchers.
Job 10:9Remember, I pray thee, that, as clay, thou didst make me, and, unto dust, thou wilt cause me to return.
Matthew 13:44The kingdom of the heavens is like unto, a treasure hid in the field, which a man, finding, hid,—and, by reason of his joy, withdraweth and selleth whatsoever he hath, and buyeth that field.
1 Corinthians 1:28And, the low-born things of the world, and the things that are despised, hath God chosen,— [and] the things that are not,—that, the things that are, he might bring to nought;
1 Corinthians 4:9For I think that, God, hath set forth, us the apostles, to be last of all, as men devoted to death,—in that, a spectacle, have we been made, unto the world,—both unto messengers and unto men.
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 →