King James Version (KJV)
2 Corinthians 4:7
“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.”
Verse in context — 2 Corinthians 4
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For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
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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.
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But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
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[We are] troubled on every side, yet not distressed; [we are] perplexed, but not in despair;
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Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
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