2 Corinthians 4:1-7

¹Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don`t faint. <sup>2</sup>But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man`s conscience in the sight of God. ³Even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish; ⁴in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them. ⁵For we don`t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus` sake. ⁶Seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who shined 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 exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.