2 Corinthians 4:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”
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“For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“because <FI>it is<Fi> God who said, Out of darkness light <FI>is<Fi> to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Corinthians 4:6 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
- Genesis 1:14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
- Exodus 33:18Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”
- Exodus 34:5And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.
- Psalms 63:2So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
- Psalms 74:16The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
- Psalms 90:16May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.
- Psalms 136:7He made the great lights— His loving devotion endures forever.
- Isaiah 6:1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
- Isaiah 35:2It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.
- Isaiah 40:5And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
- Isaiah 45:7I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
- Isaiah 60:2For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.
- Luke 10:22All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”
- John 1:14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- John 11:40Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
- John 12:41Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.
- John 14:9Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
- Acts 7:55But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
- 2 Corinthians 3:18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
- 2 Corinthians 4:4The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
- Ephesians 1:17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
- Ephesians 5:8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
- Philippians 2:6Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
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