2 Corinthians 4:7

Treasure In Earthenware Jars

⁶ because it is the God Who 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. ⁷ But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness may be of God, and not from ourselves; ⁸ being pressed on every side, yet not cooped up; perplexed, yet not despairing;

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 the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

2 Timothy 2:20

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

1 Corinthians 1:28

and the base things of the world, and things despised, did God choose, and the things that are not, that He might bring to nought the things that are;

2 Corinthians 3:5-6

not that we are sufficient of ourselves to reckon anything as from ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God;

Matthew 13:44

"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid; and in his joy he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

Matthew 13:52

and He said to them, "Therefore, every scribe, having been made a disciple to the Kingdom of heaven, is like a householder, who brings 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, God did set forth us the apostles last, as doomed to death; because we became a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore, having this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not;

2 Corinthians 6:10

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

2 Corinthians 10:10

because, "His letters, indeed," says one, "are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible."

2 Corinthians 12:7-9

And, that I might not be exalted overmuch by the exceeding greatness of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I might not be exalted overmuch.

2 Corinthians 13:4

for, indeed, He was crucified through weakness, but He liveth through the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him through the power of God toward you.

Galatians 4:13-14

but ye know that through weakness of the flesh I proclaimed the Gospel to you formerly;

Ephesians 1:19-20

and what the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of the strength of His might,

Ephesians 2:5

even when we were dead in our offenses, made us alive with Christ (by grace ye have been saved),

Ephesians 2:8-9

For by grace ye have been saved through faith: and this, not of yourselves, it is the gift of God:

Ephesians 3:8

To me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to proclaim, to the gentiles, the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of Christ;

Colossians 1:27

to whom God willed to 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 all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden away.

Colossians 2:12

having been buried with Him in your immersion, in which ye were also raised with Him through faith in the working of God, Who raised Him from the dead;

1 Thessalonians 1:5

because our Gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we became toward you, for your sake.