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in 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.
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An Active Spiritual Adversary
Commentators are clear that "the god of this world" is Satan. Paul isn't just describing human stubbornness; he's revealing a spiritual battle. Satan actively works to blind the minds of unbelievers, using worldly distractions, false ideas, and vice to prevent them from seeing the truth and beauty of the gospel. This explains why a message of hope can be met with such resistance.
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2 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In whom. In respect to whom; among whom; or in whose hearts. The design of this verse is to account for the fact that the glory o…
The god of this world (ο θεος του αιωνος τουτου). "Age," more exactly, as in 1 Corinthians 1:20. Satan is "the god of …
19th Century
Anglican
In whom the god of this world . . .—The word sounds somewhat startling as a description of the devil, but it has parallels in …
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Baptist
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest…
Paul’s Gospel, some had claimed, was designed only for a spiritually minded elite; what he said was obscure and what he did was underhanded (v.2).F…
16th Century
Protestant
Whose minds the god of this world—He intimates that no account should be taken of their perverse obstinacy. “They do not see,” he says, “t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
In whom the god of this world has blinded The description of the persons to whom the Gospel is hid, is here further …
The best of people would faint if they did not receive mercy from God. And that mercy which has helped us out, and helped us on, until now, we may …
13th Century
Catholic
Here the Apostle answers an unspoken objection. Someone could say to him: you claim that you do not lose heart in manifesting the truth of Christ, …
