2 Corinthians 4:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But if our good news is veiled, it is veiled from those who are on the way to destruction:

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  • 1 Cor 1:18 : 18 For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.
  • 2 Cor 3:14 : 14 But their minds were made hard: for to this very day at the reading of the old agreement the same veil is still unlifted; though it is taken away in Christ.
  • 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 Because the god of this world has made blind the minds of those who have not faith, so that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not be shining on them.
  • 1 Thess 1:5 : 5 Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.
  • 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 Even the one whose coming is marked by the working of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, 10 And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation. 11 And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false:
  • 1 Tim 1:11 : 11 Which may be seen in the good news of the glory of the great God, which was given into my care.
  • 2 Cor 2:12 : 12 Now when I came to Troas for the good news of Christ, and there was an open door for me in the Lord,
  • 2 Cor 2:15-16 : 15 For we are a sweet perfume of Christ to God in those who are getting salvation and in those who are going to destruction; 16 To the one it is a perfume of death to death; to the other a perfume of life to life. And who is enough for such things?
  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.
  • Rom 2:16 : 16 In the day when God will be a judge of the secrets of men, as it says in the good news of which I am a preacher, through Jesus Christ.

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  • 2 Cor 4:4-7
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    4 Because the god of this world has made blind the minds of those who have not faith, so that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not be shining on them.

    5 For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.

    6 Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

    7 But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;

  • 2 Cor 4:1-2
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    1 For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong:

    2 And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.

  • 2 Cor 3:13-16
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    13 And are not like Moses, who put a veil on his face, so that the children of Israel might not see clearly to the end of the present order of things:

    14 But their minds were made hard: for to this very day at the reading of the old agreement the same veil is still unlifted; though it is taken away in Christ.

    15 But to this day, at the reading of the law of Moses, a veil is over their heart.

    16 But when it is turned to the Lord, the veil will be taken away.

  • Eph 4:17-18
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    17 This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit,

    18 Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard;

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    11 And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;

    12 So that seeing they may see, and it will not be clear to them; and hearing it, they will not get the sense; for fear that they may be turned again to me and have forgiveness.

  • 1 Cor 2:7-8
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    7 But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory;

    8 Of which not one of the rulers of this world had knowledge: for if they had, they would not have put the Lord of glory on the cross:

  • 1 Cor 1:18
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    18 For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.

  • 2 Thess 2:10
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    10 And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.

  • Col 1:26-27
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    26 The secret which has been kept from all times and generations, but has now been made clear to his saints,

    27 To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

  • Col 3:3-4
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    3 For your life on earth is done, and you have a secret life with Christ in God.

    4 At the coming of Christ who is our life, you will be seen with him in glory.

  • 2 Cor 4:17-18
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    17 For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;

    18 While our minds are not on the things which are seen, but on the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are for a time; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

  • Mark 4:22
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    22 There is nothing covered which will not be seen openly, and nothing has been made secret which will not come to light.

  • Eph 3:9
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    9 And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things;

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    4 But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.

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    3 How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter,

    4 By the reading of which you will be clear about my knowledge of the secret of Christ;

    5 Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

  • 1 Cor 1:21
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    21 For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.

  • Col 2:3
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    3 In whom are all the secret stores of wisdom and knowledge.

  • 2 Thess 2:14
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    14 And in this purpose he gave you a part through the good news of which we were the preachers, even that you might have part in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Rom 16:25
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    25 Now to him who is able to make you strong in agreement with the good news which I gave you and the preaching of Jesus Christ, in the light of the revelation of that secret which has been kept through times eternal,

  • Luke 8:17
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    17 For nothing is put out of view which will not be made clear, and nothing is secret of which the knowledge will not come to light.

  • Gal 1:6-7
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    6 I am surprised that you are being so quickly turned away from him whose word came to you in the grace of Christ, to good news of a different sort;

    7 Which is not another sort: only there are some who give you trouble, desiring to make changes in the good news of Christ.

  • 2 Thess 1:8
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    8 To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:

  • Luke 24:16
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    16 But their eyes were not open that they might have knowledge of him.

  • Rom 2:16
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    16 In the day when God will be a judge of the secrets of men, as it says in the good news of which I am a preacher, through Jesus Christ.

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    4 And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:

  • 2 Cor 3:18
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    18 But we all, with unveiled face giving back as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord who is the Spirit.

  • Col 4:4
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    4 So that I may make it clear, as it is right for me to do.

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    10 But God has given us the revelation of these things through his Spirit, for the Spirit makes search into all things, even the deep things of God.

  • 2 Cor 4:10-11
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    10 In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies.

    11 For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.

  • 2 Cor 11:3
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    3 But I have a fear, that in some way, as Eve was tricked by the deceit of the snake, your minds may be turned away from their simple and holy love for Christ.

  • 2 Cor 5:3
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    3 So that our spirits may not be unclothed.

  • 1 Cor 1:23
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    23 But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;

  • Rom 1:19
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    19 Because the knowledge of God may be seen in them, God having made it clear to them.