2 Corinthians 4:7
“But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellencie of the power may be of God, and not of vs.”
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2 Corinthians 4:7 Context
5For we preach not our selues, but Christ Iesus the Lord, and our selues your seruants for Iesus sake. 6For God who commaunded the light to shine out of darkenes, hath shined in our hearts, to giue the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Iesus Christ. 7But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellencie of the power may be of God, and not of vs. 8Wee are troubled on euery side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despaire, 9Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast downe, but not destroyed.
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But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
- King James Version
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves;
- New American Standard Version (1995)