2 Corinthians 4:7

Treasure In Earthenware Jars

⁶ For it is God that commanded the light to shine out of darkness, which hath shined in our hearts, for 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 excellent power of it might appear to be of God, and not of us. ⁸ We are troubled on every side, yet are we not without shift. We are in poverty: but not utterly without somewhat.

Earthen Vessels

From God

Light of the Gospel

Mortal Bodies

Power Belongs to God

O God

2 Corinthians 5:1

We know surely if our earthy mansion wherein we now dwell were destroyed, that we have a building ordained of God, a habitation not made with hands, but eternal in heaven:

Lamentations 4:2

{Beth} The children of Zion that were always in honour, and clothed with the most precious gold: how are they now become like the earthen vessels which be made with the potter's hand?

2 Timothy 2:20

Notwithstanding, in a great house are not only vessels of gold and of silver: but also of wood and of earth: Some for honour, and some unto dishonour.

1 Corinthians 1:28

And vile things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things of no reputation, for to bring to nought things of reputation,

2 Corinthians 3:5-6

not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as it were of ourselves; but our ableness cometh of God;

Judges 7:2

And the LORD said unto Gideon, "The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel make her vaunt to my dishonour and say, 'Our own hand hath saved us.'

Judges 7:13-14

And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow and said, "Behold, I dreamed a dream and me thought that a broiled loaf of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto 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 gave every man a trumpet in his hand, with an empty pitcher and lamps therein,

Job 4:19

How much more then shall they that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is but earth: which shall be consumed by the moth?

Job 10:9

O remember, I beseech thee, how that thou madest me of the mould of the earth, and shalt bring me into dust again.

Matthew 13:44

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in the field, the which a man findeth and hideth it: and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

Matthew 13:52

Then said he unto them, "Therefore every scribe which is taught unto the kingdom of heaven, is like a householder, which bringeth forth, out of his treasure, things both new and old."

1 Corinthians 2:3-5

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

1 Corinthians 4:9-13

Me thinketh that God hath set forth us, which are apostles, for the lowest of all: as it were, men appointed to death. For we are a gazingstock unto the world, and to the angels, and to men.

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore seeing that we have such an office, even as mercy is come on us, we faint not:

2 Corinthians 6:10

as sorrowing and yet always merry, as poor and yet make many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.

2 Corinthians 10:10

"For the epistles," saith he, "are sore and strong: but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech homely."

2 Corinthians 12:7-9

And lest I should be exalted out of measure through the abundance of revelations, there was given unto me of God unquietness of the flesh: the messenger of Satan to buffet me, because I should not be exalted out of measure.

2 Corinthians 13:4

And verily, though it came of weakness that he was crucified, yet liveth he through the power of God: and we no doubt are weak in him; but we shall live with him, by the might of God among you.

Galatians 4:13-14

Ye know well how that through infirmity of the flesh, I preached the gospel unto you at the first.

Ephesians 1:19-20

and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us ward, which believe according to the working of that his mighty power,

Ephesians 2:5

even when we were dead by sin, hath quickened us together in Christ - for by grace are ye saved -

Ephesians 2:8-9

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

Ephesians 3:8

Unto me, 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 the glorious riches of this mystery among the gentiles, which riches 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

in that ye are buried with him through baptism, in whom ye are also risen again through faith, that is wrought by the operation of God which raised him from death.

1 Thessalonians 1:5

For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and also in the holy ghost and in much certainty, as ye know after what manner we behaved ourselves among you, for your sakes.