2 Corinthians 4:4-6

⁴εν οις ο θεος του αιωνος τουτου ετυφλωσεν τα νοηματα των απιστων εις το μη αυγασαι αυτοις τον φωτισμον του ευαγγελιου της δοξης του χριστου ος εστιν εικων του θεου d

⁵ου γαρ εαυτους κηρυσσομεν αλλα χριστον ιησουν κυριον εαυτους δε δουλους υμων δια ιησουν

⁶οτι ο θεος ο ειπων εκ σκοτους φως λαμψαι ος ελαμψεν εν ταις καρδιαις ημων προς φωτισμον της γνωσεως της δοξης του θεου εν προσωπω ιησου χριστου e

2 Corinthians 4 is a deeply pastoral chapter in which Paul defends the integrity of his ministry while pointing to the transcendent power of the gospel. He contrasts the veiled minds of unbelievers with the unveiled glory of Christ revealed in the gospel. Paul acknowledges the fr

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a: v.1 — 2 Thessalonians 3:13, Galatians 6:9, Ephesians 3:13, Revelation 2:3, 2 Corinthians 4:16, Ephesians 3:7-8, Philippians 4:13, 1 Corinthians 7:25, Hebrews 12:3, 2 Corinthians 3:6
b: v.2 — 2 Corinthians 2:17, 1 Thessalonians 2:3-5, 2 Corinthians 5:11, 2 Corinthians 11:13-15, 1 Corinthians 4:5, 2 Corinthians 6:4-7, 2 Corinthians 11:3, Ephesians 5:12, Ephesians 4:14, Romans 1:16
c: v.3 — 2 Corinthians 3:14, 1 Corinthians 1:18, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11, 2 Corinthians 2:15-16, Matthew 11:25, 2 Corinthians 4:4, 1 Thessalonians 1:5, Romans 2:16, 1 Timothy 1:11, 2 Corinthians 2:12
d: v.4 — John 12:40, Acts 26:18, 2 Corinthians 3:14, 1 John 5:19, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Ephesians 2:2, Ephesians 6:12, John 12:31, John 8:12, John 12:35
e: v.6 — 1 Peter 2:9, 2 Peter 1:19, Ephesians 5:8, 2 Corinthians 4:4, Hebrews 1:3, 2 Corinthians 3:18, John 11:40, Colossians 1:15, Acts 7:55-56, Ephesians 1:17
f: v.7 — 2 Corinthians 3:5-6, 2 Corinthians 5:1, Ephesians 2:8-9, 1 Corinthians 1:28, Colossians 2:3, 1 Corinthians 2:3-5, Ephesians 1:19-20, Colossians 1:27, 2 Corinthians 10:10, 2 Timothy 2:20
g: v.8 — James 1:2-4, Romans 8:35-37, 1 Peter 4:12-14, 2 Corinthians 12:10, 2 Corinthians 7:5, Romans 5:3-5, 1 Peter 1:6-7, 2 Corinthians 1:8-10, John 14:18, 1 Corinthians 10:13
h: v.10 — Romans 6:5, 2 Timothy 2:11, 1 Peter 4:13, Romans 6:8, Philippians 3:10-11, Romans 8:17-18, 2 Corinthians 13:4, Romans 8:36, Colossians 1:24, 2 Corinthians 1:9
i: v.11 — 1 Corinthians 15:49, 1 Corinthians 15:53-54, Romans 8:36, 1 Corinthians 15:31, 2 Corinthians 5:4, Romans 8:11
j: v.12 — 2 Corinthians 13:9, Acts 20:24, 1 Corinthians 4:10, 1 John 3:16, Philippians 2:17, 2 Corinthians 12:15, Philippians 2:30
k: v.13 — Hebrews 11:1-40, 2 Corinthians 3:12, 1 Corinthians 12:9, Romans 1:12, Acts 15:11, 2 Peter 1:1
l: v.14 — Romans 8:11, 1 Thessalonians 4:14, Jude 1:24, 1 Corinthians 6:14, John 11:25-26, 2 Corinthians 5:1-4, Ephesians 5:27, 2 Corinthians 11:2, 1 Corinthians 15:20-22, Colossians 1:28
m: v.15 — Romans 8:28, Ephesians 3:20-21, 2 Corinthians 9:11-12, 2 Corinthians 8:19, 2 Corinthians 1:11, Colossians 3:16-17, Hebrews 13:15-16, 2 Timothy 2:10, 1 Peter 4:11, Galatians 1:24
n: v.16 — Colossians 3:10, Romans 12:2, 2 Corinthians 4:1, Ephesians 3:16, Romans 7:22, Titus 3:5, 1 Corinthians 15:58, Ephesians 4:23, 1 Peter 3:4, Luke 11:3
o: v.17 — Romans 8:18, 1 Peter 5:10, Romans 5:3-5, James 1:12, Hebrews 12:10-11, James 1:3-4, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 1 Peter 1:6-8, Romans 8:37, 2 Corinthians 11:23-28
p: v.18 — 2 Corinthians 5:7, Romans 8:24-25, Hebrews 11:1, 1 John 2:16-17, 1 John 2:25, Hebrews 11:13, Hebrews 12:2-3, Hebrews 11:25-27, Matthew 25:46, 2 Thessalonians 2:16

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