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New International Version. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. New Living Translation. Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies. English Standard Version.
2 Corinthians 4:6-10. New International Version. 6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”[a] made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.
—The word for “dying” (again, probably, a distinctly medical term) is literally “ deadness,” “the state of a corpse.” Comp. Romans 4:19 for the word itself, and Romans 4:19 , Colossians 3:5 (“mortify”), Hebrews 11:12 (“as good as dead”) for the cognate verb.
God allowed their physical bodies to continue to reflect the death of Jesus in His physical, earthly body that was crushed to pay for the sin of humanity. However, the bodies of Paul and his co-workers had been spared from being crushed (2 Corinthians 4:8) to show the life and power of Jesus in them, as well.
As a reflection, that glory began to fade as soon as Moses left the presence of the Lord. The glory shining from the face of Christ, though, never fades. He is the source of the light. To see and know His glory is to share in God's glory for eternity. "Light" is a common theme in the Bible.
2 Corinthians 4:6-10 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 God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing ... Read verse in New International Version.
8 mar 2020 · 2 Corinthians 4:6 “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 God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.” Explanation and Commentary on 2 Corinthians 4:6
