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Seeing 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.
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A Miraculous New Creation
Commentators universally highlight the parallel to Genesis 1:3. Just as God commanded physical light to shine out of primordial darkness, He performs an equally powerful miracle of 'new creation' by shining spiritual light into the darkened human heart. This salvation is not a human achievement or self-improvement, but a direct, omnipotent act of God.
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2 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness. The design of this verse seems to be to give a reason why Paul and his fellow-a…
God who said (ο θεος ο ειπων). Paraphrase of Ge 1:3.
Who shined (ος ελαμψεν). Like a lamp in the heart (cf…
19th Century
Anglican
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness.—Better, For it is God who commanded . . . that has shined. The…
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Baptist
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in …
Paul now states the reason why he preached Christ and served the Corinthians. It was because God had dispelled his darkness by illuminating his hea…
16th Century
Protestant
God who commanded light to shine out of darkness. I see that this passage may be explained in four different ways.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness , &c.] The causal particle for, shows these words to be al…
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, …
