2 Corinthians 4:6

2 Corinthians chapter 4 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Context

v.5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

v.6This passage

v.7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 74:16
The day is thine, the night also is thine: Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Colossians 1:15
who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;
Ephesians 1:17
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
Exodus 33:18
And he said, Show me, I pray thee, thy glory.
2 Corinthians 4:4
in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.
Genesis 1:3
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.