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

But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.

The LORD said to him, 'How?' He said, 'I will go out and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' He said, 'You will entice him, and will also prevail. Go out and do so.'

Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed."

"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them."

Lest

seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

won't service of the Spirit be with much more glory?

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."

Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness does not overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

to them God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory;

according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;

The image

The Word became flesh and lived among us, and we saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only of the Father, full of grace and truth.

And he who sees me sees him who sent me.

Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you all this time, and still you do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father?'

If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both me and my Father.

who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,

who is the image of the invisible God, preeminent over all creation.

He is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification for sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Shine

seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.

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

We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:

Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.

General references

"When a man or woman has a plague on the head or on the beard,

Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.

Behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.

Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing, they do not hear, neither do they understand.

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

They did not understand that he spoke to them about the Father.