2 Corinthians 4:7

Treasure In Earthenware Jars

⁶ For it is God, who commanded light to shine out of darkness, that shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. ⁷ But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not of us; ⁸ being troubled on every side, yet not distressed; 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 tenthabitation be destroyed, we have a building provided by God, a house not made with hands, everlasting, in the heavens.

2 Timothy 2:20

But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also wooden and earthen ones; and some for honor, and some for dishonor.

1 Corinthians 1:28

and the mean things of the world, and the things which are despised, did God choose, the things which are not, to bring to nought things that are;

2 Corinthians 3:5-6

not that we are able of ourselves to think anything, as from ourselves; but our ability is from God;

Matthew 13:44

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

Matthew 13:52

And he said to them, Thus then every scribe, instructed for the kingdom of heaven, is like a householder, who bringeth out from his storehouse 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 as lowest, as men sentenced to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore, having this ministry through the mercy we received, we are not fainthearted;

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

For his letters, saith 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 too much lifted up by the abundance 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 too much lifted up.

2 Corinthians 13:4

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

Galatians 4:13-14

Nay, ye know that it was on account of an infirmity of the flesh that I preached the gospel to you the former time,

Ephesians 1:19-20

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

Ephesians 2:5

even when dead through our trespasses, life with Christ,by grace have ye been saved,

Ephesians 2:8-9

For by grace ye have been saved, through faith; and this is 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 make known among the gentiles the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of Christ,

Colossians 1:27

to whom it was the will of God 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 which are stored up all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Colossians 2:12

having been buried with him in your baptism; in which also ye were raised to life with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead;

1 Thessalonians 1:5

because the gospel preached by us came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; as ye well know what sort of persons we became among you for your sake.