2 Corinthians 4:6

because [it is] God who said, Out of darkness light [is] to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Young's Literal 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 not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus — Lord, and ourselves your servants because of Jesus;

7And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us;

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Cross References

Genesis 1:14And God saith, 'Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to make a separation between the day and the night, then they have been for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years,

Exodus 34:5And Jehovah cometh down in a cloud, and stationeth Himself with him there, and calleth in the Name of Jehovah,

Psalms 74:16Thine [is] the day, also Thine [is] the night, Thou hast prepared a light giver — the sun.

Psalms 136:7To Him making great lights, For to the age [is] His kindness.

Isaiah 35:2Flourishing it doth flourish, and rejoice, Yea, [with] joy and singing, The honour of Lebanon hath been given to it, The beauty of Carmel and Sharon, They — they see the honour of Jehovah, The majesty of our God.

Isaiah 45:7Forming light, and preparing darkness, Making peace, and preparing evil, I [am] Jehovah, doing 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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