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.

Bible References

Blinded

2 Corinthians 3:14
But their thoughts have been darkened, for unto this day the same veil remains in reading the old covenant, unremoved, which in Christ is annulled.
1 Kings 22:22
And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and also succeed: go forth, and do so.
Isaiah 6:10
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and healed.
John 12:40
He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, that they may not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart and be converted, and I should heal them.

Lest

2 Corinthians 4:6
Because it is the God who spoke that out of darkness light should shine who has shone in our hearts for the shining forth of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 3:8
how shall not rather the ministry of the Spirit subsist in glory?
John 8:12
Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
John 12:35
Jesus therefore said to them, Yet a little while is the light amongst you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you. And he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.
Acts 26:18
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 inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
Colossians 1:27
to whom God would make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is Christ in you the hope of glory:
1 Timothy 1:11
according to the glad tidings of the glory of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
Titus 2:13
awaiting the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;

The image

John 1:14
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we have contemplated his glory, a glory as of an only-begotten with a father), full of grace and truth;
John 12:45
and he that beholds me, beholds him that sent me.
John 14:9
Jesus says to him, Am I so long a time with you, and thou hast not known me, Philip? He that has seen me has seen the Father; and how sayest thou, Shew us the Father?
John 15:24
If I had not done among them the works which no other one has done, they had not had sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Philippians 2:6
who, subsisting in the form of God, did not esteem it an object of rapine to be on an equality with God;
Colossians 1:15
who is image of the invisible God, firstborn of all creation;
Hebrews 1:3
who being the effulgence of his glory and the expression of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having made by himself the purification of sins, set himself down on the right hand of the greatness on high,

Shine

2 Corinthians 4:6
Because it is the God who spoke that out of darkness light should shine who has shone in our hearts for the shining forth of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Psalm 50:2
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.
Isaiah 60:1
Arise, shine! for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.
2 Peter 1:19
And we have the prophetic word made surer, to which ye do well taking heed (as to a lamp shining in an obscure place) until the day dawn and the morning star arise in your hearts;
1 John 2:8
Again, I write a new commandment to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light already shines.

General references

Leviticus 13:29
And if a man or a woman have a sore on the head or on the beard,
Isaiah 43:8
Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
Ezekiel 8:4
And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the valley.
Matthew 13:13
For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;
Luke 24:45
Then he opened their understanding to understand the scriptures,
John 8:27
They knew not that he spoke to them of the Father.