The Light of the Gospel
Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, 1 we do not lose heart. 2Th 3:13Gal 6:9Eph 3:13Rev 2:32Co 4:16Eph 3:7-8Php 4:131Co 7:25 Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. 2Co 2:171Th 2:3-52Co 5:112Co 11:13-151Co 4:52Co 6:4-72Co 11:3Eph 5:12 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 1Co 1:182Co 3:142Th 2:9-112Co 2:15-16Mat 11:252Co 4:41Th 1:5Rom 2:16
The 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. Jhn 12:402Co 3:14Act 26:18Isa 6:101Jn 5:192Co 4:6Eph 2:2Eph 6:12 For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. 1Co 1:231Th 2:5-62Co 1:24Gal 5:132Co 5:14-15Php 1:15Php 2:111Co 1:13-15 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” 2 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. 3 Isa 60:2Gen 1:31Pe 2:92Pe 1:19Eph 5:82Co 4:4Isa 40:5Heb 1:3
Treasure in Jars of Clay
(Romans 6:1–14)
Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us. 2Co 3:5-62Co 5:1Eph 2:8-91Co 1:28Col 2:31Co 2:3-5Lam 4:2Eph 1:19-20 We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; Jas 1:2-4Rom 8:35-371Pe 4:12-142Co 12:10Psa 56:2-32Co 7:51Pe 1:6-7Rom 5:3-5 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. Isa 43:2Mic 7:8Psa 37:24-25Pro 24:16Isa 62:4Psa 42:112Co 7:6Heb 13:5
We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. Rom 6:52Ti 2:111Pe 4:13Rom 6:8Php 3:10-112Co 13:4Rom 8:17-18Col 1:24 For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body. 1Co 15:491Co 15:53-54Psa 44:22Rom 8:361Co 15:312Co 5:4Rom 8:11Psa 141:7 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. 2Co 13:91Co 4:101Jn 3:16Act 20:24Php 2:172Co 12:15Php 2:30
And in keeping with what is written: “I believed, therefore I have spoken,” 4 we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak, Psa 116:10Heb 11:1-402Co 3:121Co 12:9Pro 21:282Pe 1:1Act 15:11Rom 1:12 knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus 5will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence. 1Th 4:14Rom 8:111Co 6:14Jud 1:242Co 5:1-4Eph 5:27Jhn 11:25-261Co 15:20-22 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may overflow in thanksgiving, to the glory of God. Rom 8:28Eph 3:20-212Co 9:11-122Co 1:112Co 8:19Psa 50:23Col 3:16-171Pe 2:9
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day. Isa 40:31Col 3:10Isa 40:29Rom 12:2Psa 73:262Co 4:1Eph 3:16Rom 7:22 For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison. Rom 8:181Pe 5:10Rom 5:3-5Jas 1:12Heb 12:10-11Jas 1:3-41Pe 1:6-82Co 3:18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2Co 5:7Rom 8:24-25Heb 11:11Jn 2:16-171Jn 2:25Heb 11:13Heb 12:2-3Heb 11:25-27