2 Corinthians 4:6

2 Corinthians 4:6

4 whose minds ^athe god of this age ^bhas blinded, who do not believe, lest ^cthe light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, ^dwho is the image of God, should shine on them.

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—

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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For—proof that we are true servants of Jesus unto you.

commanded the light—Greek, "By speaking the word, commanded light" (Genesis 1:3).

hath shined—rather, as Greek, "is He who shined." (It is God) who commanded light, etc., that shined, etc., (Job 37:15): Himself our Light and Sun, as well as the Creator of light (Malachi 4:2; John 8:12). The physical world answers to the spiritual.

in our hearts—in themselves dark.

to give the light—that is, to propagate to others the light, etc., which is in us (compare Note, see on II Corinthians 4:4).

the glory of God—answering to "the glory of Christ" (see on II Corinthians 4:4).

in the face of Jesus Christ—Some of the oldest manuscripts retain "Jesus." Others omit it. Christ is the manifestation of the glory of God, as His image (John 14:9). The allusion is still to the brightness on Moses' "face." The only true and full manifestation of God's brightness and glory is "in the face of Jesus" (Hebrews 1:3).

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