2 Corinthians 4:7

Treasure In Earthenware Jars

⁶ For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined into our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. ⁷ But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not from us. ⁸ We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

Earthen Vessels

From God

Light of the Gospel

Mortal Bodies

Power Belongs to God

O God

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Lamentations 4:2

The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

2 Timothy 2:20

But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor, and some to dishonor.

1 Corinthians 1:28

And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, and things which are not, to bring to naught things that are:

2 Corinthians 3:5-6

Not that we are sufficient by ourselves to think any thing as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;

Judges 7:2

And the LORD said to Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, My own hand hath saved me.

Judges 7:13-14

And when Gideon had come, behold, there was a man that told a dream to his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and lo, a cake of barley-bread rolled into the host of Midian, and came to a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it that the tent lay along.

Judges 7:16-20

And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.

Job 4:19

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?

Job 10:9

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

Matthew 13:44

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hid in a field; which, when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

Matthew 13:52

Then said he to them, Therefore every scribe who is instructed to the kingdom of heaven, is like a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

1 Corinthians 2:3-5

And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

1 Corinthians 4:9-13

For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

2 Corinthians 6:10

As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

2 Corinthians 10:10

For his letters (say they) are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

2 Corinthians 12:7-9

And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

2 Corinthians 13:4

For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God towards you.

Galatians 4:13-14

Ye know that in infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel to you at the first.

Ephesians 1:19-20

And what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

Ephesians 2:5

Even when we were dead in sins, hath made us alive together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

Ephesians 2:8-9

For by grace are ye saved, through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Ephesians 3:8

To me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

Colossians 1:27

To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Colossians 2:3

In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Colossians 2:12

Buried with him in baptism, in which also ye are raised with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

1 Thessalonians 1:5

For our gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.