These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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2 Corinthians 4
Brit Hadashah 17 verses
- 1 Therefore, being engaged in this service and being mindful of the which has been shown us, we are not cowards.
- 2 Nay, we have renounced the secrecy which marks a feeling of shame. We practice no cunning tricks, nor do we adulterate Elohim’s Message. But by a full clear statement of the we strive to commend ourselves in the presence of to every human conscience.
- 3 If, however, the meaning of our Good News has been veiled, the veil has been on the hearts of those who are on the way to perdition,
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in whom the of this present age has blinded their unbelieving minds so as to shut out the sunshine of the Good News of the of the , who is the image of .
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John 12:40 2 Corinthians 4:6 2 Corinthians 3:14 Isaiah 6:10 1 John 5:19 Ephesians 6:12 Ephesians 2:2 Hebrews 1:3 Acts 26:18 John 14:9-10 1 Corinthians 10:20 John 12:31 Philippians 2:6 Isaiah 60:1-2 Colossians 1:15 John 1:18 1 Timothy 1:11 2 Corinthians 3:11 John 16:11 John 1:14 2 Corinthians 3:18 John 14:30 2 Corinthians 3:8-9 Titus 2:13 2 Peter 1:19 Matthew 4:8-9 Psalm 50:2 Revelation 20:2-3 1 John 2:8 Colossians 1:27 John 12:45 John 15:24 1 Kings 22:22 John 12:35 John 8:12 -
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For who said, “Out of darkness let light shine,” is He who has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of Elohim’s , which is radiant on the face of .
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Isaiah 60:2 2 Peter 1:19 Genesis 1:3 1 Peter 2:9 2 Corinthians 4:4 Isaiah 40:5 John 14:9-10 Ephesians 5:8 John 1:14 2 Corinthians 3:18 Colossians 1:15 Genesis 1:14-15 Acts 7:55-56 Psalm 136:7-9 Hebrews 1:3 John 11:40 Exodus 33:18-23 Psalm 90:16 Exodus 34:5-7 John 12:41 Isaiah 45:7 Luke 10:22 Philippians 2:6 Psalm 74:16 Ephesians 1:17 Isaiah 35:2 Isaiah 6:1-3 1 Peter 1:12 Psalm 63:2 -
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But we have this treasure in a fragile vase of clay, in order that the surpassing greatness of the power may be seen to belong to , and not to originate in us.
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2 Corinthians 5:1 2 Corinthians 3:5-6 Ephesians 2:8-9 Lamentations 4:2 1 Corinthians 1:28 Colossians 2:3 Ephesians 1:19-20 Colossians 1:27 1 Thessalonians 1:5 2 Corinthians 13:4 Colossians 2:12 Judges 7:16-20 Galatians 4:13-14 2 Corinthians 10:10 Ephesians 3:8 2 Corinthians 4:1 Judges 7:13-14 Ephesians 2:5 Matthew 13:52 Judges 7:2 1 Corinthians 2:3-5 1 Corinthians 4:9-13 2 Corinthians 12:7-9 2 Timothy 2:20 Matthew 13:44 2 Corinthians 6:10 Job 10:9 Job 4:19 -
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We are hard pressed, yet never in absolute distress; perplexed, yet never utterly baffled;
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2 Corinthians 7:5 Psalm 56:2-3 Romans 8:35-37 James 1:2-4 1 Peter 1:6-7 Romans 5:3-5 2 Corinthians 12:10 1 Peter 4:12-14 Psalm 37:33 1 Samuel 28:15 John 14:18 Job 2:9-10 1 Samuel 30:6 Proverbs 18:10 2 Corinthians 6:4 2 Corinthians 1:8-10 2 Corinthians 11:23-30 1 Corinthians 10:13 Proverbs 14:26 2 Corinthians 4:16-17 - 9 pursued, yet never left unsuccoured; struck to the ground, yet never slain;
- 10 always, wherever we go, carrying with us in our bodies the putting to death of , so that in our bodies it may also be clearly shown that lives.
- 11 For we, alive though we are, are continually surrendering ourselves to death for the sake of , so that in this mortal nature of ours it may also be clearly shown that lives.
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Thus we are constantly dying, while you are in full enjoyment of Life.
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But possessing the same of as he who wrote, “I believed, and therefore I have spoken,” we also believe, and therefore we speak.
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- 14 For we that He who raised the Lord from the dead will raise us also to be with , and will cause both us and you to stand in His own presence.
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For everything is for your sakes, in order that , being more richly bestowed because of the thanksgivings of the increased number, may more and more promote the of .
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Romans 8:28 2 Corinthians 1:11 2 Corinthians 9:11-12 1 Peter 2:9 2 Corinthians 1:4-6 2 Corinthians 8:19 Psalm 50:23 1 Peter 4:11 Galatians 1:24 Colossians 3:16-17 1 Corinthians 3:21-23 2 Timothy 2:10 Hebrews 13:15-16 Revelation 4:8-11 Revelation 5:8-14 Psalm 50:14 Ephesians 3:20-21 Colossians 1:24 Revelation 19:4-6 - 16 Therefore we are not cowards. Nay, even though our outward man is wasting away, yet our inward man is being renewed day by day.
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For this our light and transitory burden of suffering is achieving for us a preponderating, yes, a vastly preponderating, and eternal weight of ;
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Romans 8:18 1 Peter 5:10 Romans 5:3-5 James 1:12 Hebrews 12:10-11 James 1:3-4 Jude 1:24 1 Peter 1:6-8 2 Corinthians 3:18 1 Peter 4:7 Romans 2:7 1 Corinthians 2:9 2 Corinthians 11:23-28 Psalm 119:71 Philippians 1:19 Isaiah 54:8 Psalm 119:67 Psalm 73:24 Psalm 30:5 2 Thessalonians 1:6 Romans 8:37 1 John 3:2 Acts 20:23 Genesis 15:1 Psalm 31:19 Isaiah 64:4 2 Thessalonians 1:4 Romans 8:34 Luke 6:23 Matthew 5:12 - 18 while we look not at things seen, but things unseen; for things seen are temporary, but things unseen are eternal.