2 Corinthians 4:3

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But if our gospel is hidden, it is hidden to those who are lost:

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  • 1 Cor 1:18 : 18 For the preaching of the cross is to those who perish foolishness; but to us who are saved it is the power of God.
  • 2 Cor 3:14 : 14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day, the same veil remains untaken away in the reading of the old covenant; which veil is done away in Christ.
  • 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
  • 1 Thess 1:5 : 5 For our gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and in full conviction; as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.
  • 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
  • 1 Tim 1:11 : 11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
  • 2 Cor 2:12 : 12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened to me by the Lord,
  • 2 Cor 2:15-16 : 15 For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. 16 To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is adequate for these things?
  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes.
  • Rom 2:16 : 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

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  • 2 Cor 4:4-7
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    4In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

    5For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

    6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

    7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not of us.

  • 2 Cor 4:1-2
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    1Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart;

    2But have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

  • 2 Cor 3:13-16
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    13And not like Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not steadily look to the end of what was being abolished:

    14But their minds were blinded: for until this day, the same veil remains untaken away in the reading of the old covenant; which veil is done away in Christ.

    15But even to this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their hearts.

    16Nevertheless, when it turns to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.

  • Eph 4:17-18
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    17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,

    18Having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart;

  • Mark 4:11-12
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    11And he said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

    12that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

  • 1 Cor 2:7-8
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    7But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory,

    8which none of the rulers of this world knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

  • 1 Cor 1:18
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    18For the preaching of the cross is to those who perish foolishness; but to us who are saved it is the power of God.

  • 2 Thess 2:10
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    10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

  • Col 1:26-27
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    26Even the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

    27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

  • Col 3:3-4
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    3For you are dead, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

    4When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then you also shall appear with him in glory.

  • 2 Cor 4:17-18
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    17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

    18While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporary; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

  • Mark 4:22
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    22For there is nothing hidden which shall not be manifested, nor has anything been kept secret, but that it should come to light.

  • Eph 3:9
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    9And to make all people see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world has been hidden in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

  • 1 Thess 2:4
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    4But as we were allowed by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.

  • Eph 3:3-5
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    3How that by revelation He made known to me the mystery; (as I have written briefly already,

    4By which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

    5Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

  • 1 Cor 1:21
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    21For since in the wisdom of God the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.

  • Col 2:3
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    3In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

  • 2 Thess 2:14
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    14To which he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Rom 16:25
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    25Now to him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret since the world began,

  • Luke 8:17
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    17For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither anything hidden, that shall not be known and come abroad.

  • Gal 1:6-7
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    6I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different gospel,

    7Which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.

  • 2 Thess 1:8
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    8In flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

  • Luke 24:16
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    16But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know him.

  • Rom 2:16
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    16In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4Wherein they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

  • 2 Cor 3:18
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    18But we all, with unveiled faces beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

  • Col 4:4
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    4That I may make it clear, as I ought to speak.

  • 1 Cor 2:10
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    10But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

  • 2 Cor 4:10-11
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    10Always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also might be made manifest in our body.

    11For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life of Jesus also might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

  • 2 Cor 11:3
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    3But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve through his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

  • 2 Cor 5:3
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    3If indeed, being clothed, we shall not be found naked.

  • 1 Cor 1:23
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    23But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness;

  • Rom 1:19
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    19Because what may be known of God is manifest in them; for God has shown it to them.