2 Corinthians 4:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

Blinded

Lest

The image

Hebrews 1:3

Shine

1 John 2:8

General references

Bible References

Blinded

However, their minds were hardened, for to this day the same veil is still there when they read the old covenant. Only in union with the Messiah is that veil removed.

"And the LORD asked him, "How?' ""I will go,' he announced, "and I will be a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all of his prophets!' "So the LORD said, "You're just the one to deceive him. You will be successful. Go and do it.'

Dull the mind of this people, deafen their ears, and blind their eyes. By doing so, they won't see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their minds, turn back, and be healed."

"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they might not perceive with their eyes, and understand with their mind and turn, and I would heal them."

Lest

For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Jesus the Messiah.

will not the Spirit's ministry have even more glory?

Later on, Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

Jesus replied to the crowd, "The light is among you only for a short time. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The person who walks in the darkness is in the darkness and does not know where he is going.

You will help them understand and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that their sins will be forgiven and they will receive a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

to whom God wanted to make known the glorious riches of this secret among the gentiles which is the Messiah in you, our glorious hope.

that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.

as we wait for the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior, Jesus the Messiah.

The image

The Word became flesh and lived among us. We gazed on his glory, the kind of glory that belongs to the Father's unique Son, who is full of grace and truth.

The one who sees me sees the one who sent me.

"Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me?" Jesus asked him. "The person who has seen me has seen the Father. So how can you say, "Show us the Father'?

If I hadn't done among them the actions that no one else did, they wouldn't have any sin. But now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.

In God's own form existed he, and shared with God equality, deemed nothing needed grasping.

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

He is the reflection of God's glory and the exact likeness of his being, and he holds everything together by his powerful word. After he had provided a cleansing from sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Highest Majesty

Shine

For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Jesus the Messiah.

From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined forth.

"Arise, shine! For your light has come; the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.

Therefore we regard the message of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp that is shining in a gloomy place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

On the other hand, I am writing to you a new commandment that is truly in him and in you. For the darkness is fading away, and the true light is already shining.

General references

"Now when a man or a woman has a skin rash on the head or the man develops a skin rash under his beard,

"Bring out the people who are blind, yet still have eyes, who are deaf, yet still have ears!

All of a sudden, the glory of the God of Israel was there! It looked like what I had seen back in the valley.

That's why I speak to them in parables, because "they look but don't see, and they listen but don't hear or understand.'

Then he opened their minds so that they might understand the Scriptures.

They didn't realize that he was talking to them about the Father.