2 Corinthians 4:7

Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven,

For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,

He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,

in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.

How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a pot

and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty stre

To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the

Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable r

For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of n

A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use

The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went a

or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my fle

Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.

And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised

how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!

because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with great conviction—just a

You know that it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.

For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. For we are also weak in Him, yet by God’s power we

And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf o

made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!

And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram’s horn in one hand and a large jar in

Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify them

Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner wh

sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?

For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death.