2 Corinthians 4:7

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2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

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Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart,

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

“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ,

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.

in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

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For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible.”

When Gideon came, behold, a man was relating a dream to his friend. And he said, “Behold, I had a dream; a loaf of barley bread was tumbling into the camp of Midian, and it came to the tent and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down so that the tent lay flat.”

The precious sons of Zion,
Weighed against fine gold,
How they are regarded as earthen jars,
The work of a potter’s hands!

and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are,

For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.

but you know that it was because of a bodily illness that I preached the gospel to you the first time;

Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also vessels of wood and of earthenware, and some to honor and some to dishonor.

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And he said, “Your brother came deceitfully and has taken away your blessing.”

but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong,

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

Why are we also in danger every hour?