nikolai_42
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In his second letter to the Corinthians, Paul writes this :
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
2 Cor 4:3-4
Here he is speaking about the blindness of the minds of those who are lost. That these men are not enlightened in their minds. But immediately after...
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath 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, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
2 Cor 4:5-7
Men whose minds have been enlightened...but now he speaks not just of minds, but of power.
What is the excellency of the power? Why introduce power here when he hasn't used the term at all (previously) in this letter?
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
2 Cor 4:3-4
Here he is speaking about the blindness of the minds of those who are lost. That these men are not enlightened in their minds. But immediately after...
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath 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, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
2 Cor 4:5-7
Men whose minds have been enlightened...but now he speaks not just of minds, but of power.
What is the excellency of the power? Why introduce power here when he hasn't used the term at all (previously) in this letter?