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For God, Who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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

We are afflicted on every side, yet we are not in distress. We are in doubt, but yet we do not despair;

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For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”[a](A) made his light shine in our hearts(B) to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.(C)

But we have this treasure in jars of clay(D) to show that this all-surpassing power is from God(E) and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side,(F) but not crushed; perplexed,(G) but not in despair;

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 4:6 Gen. 1:3