2 Corinthians 4:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς ὁ εἰπών, ἐκ σκότους φῶς λάμψαι, ὃς ἔλαμψεν ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν, πρὸς φωτισμὸν τῆς γνώσεως τῆς δόξης τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν προσώπῳ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.

Transliteration

Because the Theos the eipōn, out of skotous phōs lampsai, who elampsen in the kardiais hēmōn, pros phōtismon tēs gnōseōs tēs doxēs tou Theou en prosōpō Iēsou Christou.

Grammar Details

• *Theos*: nominative masculine singular - God/deity
• *eipōn*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular - having said/spoken
• *skotous*: genitive neuter singular - darkness
• *phōs*: accusative neuter singular - light
• *lampsai*: aorist active infinitive - to shine
• *elampsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - shone/has shined
• *kardiais*: dative feminine plural - hearts
• *hēmōn*: genitive, 1st person plural pronoun - our/of us
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - toward/for
• *phōtismon*: accusative masculine singular - illumination/light
• *gnōseōs*: genitive feminine singular - knowledge
• *doxēs*: genitive feminine singular - glory
• *Theou*: genitive masculine singular - of God
• *en prosōpō*: dative neuter singular - in face/presence
• *Iēsou Christou*: genitive masculine singular - of Jesus Christ

Word Meanings

• *eipōn*: having said/spoken/commanded
• *skotous*: darkness/obscurity
• *phōs*: light/radiance
• *lampsai*: to shine/give light
• *kardiais*: hearts/inner selves/minds
• *phōtismon*: illumination/light/brightness
• *gnōseōs*: knowledge/understanding
• *prosōpō*: face/countenance/presence/person

Referenced Verses

• Isa 60:2 : 2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
• 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
• Gen 1:3 : 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
• 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
• Isa 40:5 : 5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
• Isa 45:7 : 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
• John 1:14 : 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
• John 11:40 : 40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
• John 12:41 : 41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
• John 14:9-9 : 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? 10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
• Acts 7:55-56 : 55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, 56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
• 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
• Gen 1:14-15 : 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
• Exod 33:18-23 : 18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. 19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. 20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. 21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: 22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: 23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
• Exod 34:5-7 : 5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
• Ps 90:16 : 16 Let thy work appear{H8735)} unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
• Ps 136:7-9 : 7 To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: 8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: 9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.
• Eph 5:8 : 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
• Col 1:15 : 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
• Heb 1:3 : 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
• 1 Pet 1:12 : 12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
• Ps 74:16 : 16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared{H8689)} the light and the sun.
• Phil 2:6 : 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
• Eph 1:17 : 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
• Isa 6:1-3 : 1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. 2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
• Isa 35:2 : 2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
• Luke 10:22 : 22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
• Ps 63:2 : 2 To see{H8800)} thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen{H8804)} thee in the sanctuary.