2 Corinthians 4:7

5 ^aFor we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ^bourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake.

6 For it is the God ^awho commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has ^bshone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, ^athat the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.

8 We are ^ahard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

9 persecuted, but not ^aforsaken; ^bstruck down, but not destroyed—

10 ^aalways carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, ^bthat the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.

11 For we who live ^aare always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

12 So then death is working in us, but life in you.

13 And since we have ^athe same spirit of faith, according to what is written, ^b“I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak,

Verse Comparison: 2 Corinthians 4:7

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American Standard Version
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;

Amplified® Bible
However, we possess this precious treasure [the divine Light of the Gospel] in [frail, human] vessels of earth, that the grandeur {and} exceeding greatness of the power may be shown to be from God and not from ourselves.

Contemporary English Version
We are like clay jars in which this treasure is stored. The real power comes from God and not from us.

Darby English Version
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassingness of the power may be of God, and not from us:

Good News Bible
Yet we who have this spiritual treasure are like common clay pots, in order to show that the supreme power belongs to God, not to us.

International Standard Version
But we have this treasure in clay jars to show that its extraordinary power comes from God and not from us.

King James Version
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

New American Standard Bible
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves;

New International Version
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

New King James Version
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will emanate from God and not from ourselves;

Young's Literal Translation
And 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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