The god of this world; Satan, under whose influence are all unbelievers.
Lest the light-should shine; so shine that, by believing in Christ, they should see his glory and be made like him. Satan makes great efforts to hinder men from hearing and believing the gospel, lest its light should so shine into their minds as to be the means of their conversion and salvation.
Verse 2 Corinthians 4:4. _IN WHOM THE GOD OF THIS WORLD_, c.] We see here that those whose minds are blinded, are they who believe not and because they believe not, their minds continue in darkness,...
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 of the gospel was not seen by them. It is to be traced entirely to the...
5. THE CHARACTER OF THE TRUE MINISTRY. CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The Gospel of the Glory of Christ. (2 Corinthians 4:1)_ 2. The Treasure in Earthen Vessels; Weakness and Power. (2 Corinthians 4:7) 3. Resurrec...
In this paragraph the apostle recurs to the thought of 2 Corinthians 3:12; 2 Corinthians 2:16; 2 Corinthians 1:12; a ministry of such surpassing splendour demanded in himself and his comrades unflinch...
Since therefore this part of God's service has been given to us, even as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart. But we have refused to have anything to do with hidden and shameful methods. We d...
THE BLINDED EYE (2 Corinthians 4:1-6)...
GOD. App-98. WORLD. age. Greek. _aion_. App-129. Compare John 12:31; John 14:30; John 16:11. where, however, world is _kosmos_ (App-129.) MINDS. Greek. _noema_. See...
_in whom the god of this world_ i.e. the devil, who is called the _prince_or _ruler_of this world in John 12:31; John 14:30; John 16:11. So also Matthew 4:9
2 Corinthians 4:1-6. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED As between the first and second Chapter s, the division between the third and fourth is badly made. Chapter 3 should have continued to 2 Corinthians 4:6...
ΑΥ̓ΓΆΣΑΙ (אBFGKLP) rather than καταυγάσαι (CDH) or διαυγάσαι (A). The compounds are probably interpretations of the true reading. Omit αὐτοῖς with אABCDFGH against D2D3KLP. With ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂ a few autho...
_BLINDED TO THE TRUTH 2 CORINTHIANS 4:1-4:_ Paul felt that God had been kind in entrusting him with the work of preaching the gospel. His concept was that what he was doing was a ministry. The ministr...
Ό ΘΕΌΣ (G2316) Бог; здесь: "бог этого века" или "бог, правящий этим веком" то есть сатана (Martin; DPL, 862-67; DDD, 1369-80). ΑΙΏΝ (G165) век. Относится к совокупности текущих идей, мнений, изречени...
DISCOURSE: 2013 THE CONTEST BETWEEN GOD AND SATAN 2 Corinthians 4:4. The God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the...
THE GOD OF THIS WORLD— That is, the Devil; so called, because the men of this world worshipped or obeyed him as their god. It would be a good illustration of the present passage, if it could be proved...
BUTLER'S COMMENTARY SECTION 1 Machination (2 Corinthians 4:1-6) 4 Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. 2We have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways; we refu...
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. IN WHOM. Translate...
6 The covenant of the letter is the law of Moses which was engraven in stone, to symbolize its unyielding sternness. There is no reference to the letter of Scripture. It is the law that kills, just as...
4:4 forth (i-38) I add 'for them' to complete the sense. I have doubted as to this passage. The word translated 'shine forth' is only found here in the New Testament and generally means 'to see,' or '...
THE GOD OF THIS WORLD] cp. John 12:31; John 14:30. Worldly men make the devil their god by serving him, and thus serving him become even more worldly. LEST THE LIGHT, etc.] For the thought, cp. Matthe...
PARAPHRASE. 'If our gospel is not understood by any, it is only by those (4) whose minds are dulled by sin. (5) For the subject of our preaching is not ourselves, but Christ. (6) As God at first creat...
1-6. The messengers of this gospel are not afraid to proclaim it, for they preach Christ, who has revealed the glory of God. 1, 2. PARAPHRASE. 'Having this glorious gospel to preach, we proclaim it bo...
GOD SHOWS HIS POWER WHEN WE ARE WEAK 2 CORINTHIANS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 4 V1 God in his *mercy has given us this work to do. As a result, we do not lose hope. V2 We do not do things in secret a...
IN WHOM THE GOD OF THIS WORLD... — The word sounds somewhat startling as a description of the devil, but it has parallels in “the prince of this world” (John 14:30), “the prince of the power of the ai...
CHAPTER 11 THE GOSPEL DEFINED. 2 Corinthians 4:1 (R.V) IN these verses Paul resumes for the last time the line of thought on which he had set out at 2 Corinthians 3:4, and again at 2 Corint
HE DELIVERS WITH FRANKNESS HIS MESSAGE OF CHRIST THE TRUE LIGHT....
ἐν οἷς ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ αἰῶνος : _among whom the god of this world, sc._, Satan. αἰών is an “age,” a certain limit of time, and so ὁ αἰὼν οὑτός (1 Corinthians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 2:6) is “this present age,”...
GOD'S GLORY REFLECTED IN CHRIST 2 Corinthians 4:1 The servant of Christ must never forget that he once needed and obtained mercy. This will sustain him in many an hour when heart and flesh fail. His...
Continuing about the ministry, the apostle said, "We faint not," "we have renounced the hidden things of shame," "we preach... Christ Jesus as Lord." Hearing, some perish because "the god of this worl...
PAUL AND THE FALSE TEACHERS In 2 Corinthians 3:6, Paul had said he was a minister of the new covenant. Knowing that he had tried to destroy Christianity, Paul was ever thankful for God's mercy which a...
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the (d) light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the (e) image of God, should shine unto them. (d) The light...
In whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of unbelievers. [1] Thus the words are placed, both in the Latin and Greek text, so that the true God seems to be called the God of this world, as...
(1) Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; (2) But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God dec...
_THE GLORIOUS GOSPEL_ ‘The glorious gospel of Christ.’ 2 Corinthians 4:4 Why is it so hard to convince the world of this truth, that the Gospel of Christ is a ‘glorious’ Gospel? I. THE WORLD MUST...
4._Whose minds the god of this world _He intimates, that no account should be made of their perverse obstinacy. “They do not see,” says he, “the sun at mid-day, because _the devil has blinded their un...
Having received this ministry of righteousness and of the Spirit, the foundation of which was Christ glorified beheld with open face, he not only used great boldness of speech, but his zeal was not ab...
IN WHOM THE GOD OF THIS WORLD HATH BLINDED,.... The description of the persons to whom the Gospel is hid, is here further carried on; in which the character of Satan is given, who is here styled "the...
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. Ver. 4. _The god of t...
_But if our gospel also_, (so it is in the original,) _be hid_ Κεκαλυμμενον, _veiled_, as well as the law of Moses; _it is veiled to them that are lost_ Εν τοις απολλυμενοις, _in those that are perish...
IN WHOM THE GOD OF THIS WORLD HATH BLINDED THE MINDS OF THEM WHICH BELIEVE NOT, LEST THE LIGHT OF THE GLORIOUS GOSPEL OF CHRIST, WHO IS THE IMAGE OF GOD, SHOULD SHINE UNTO THEM....
THE GOSPEL-MESSAGE OF LIGHT AND LIFE. Paul uses frankness in delivering his message:...
Chapter s 4 and 5 now show some of the precious, practical results of this ministry, seen in those entrusted with it; for it is such a ministry itself that works powerfully in them to enable them to c...
1-7 The best of men would faint, if they did not receive mercy from God. And that mercy which has helped us out, and helped us on, hitherto, we may rely upon to help us even to the end. The apostles...
Though some, by THE GOD OF THIS WORLD, understand the true and living God, the Lord of heaven and earth; yet the notion of the most interpreters, that it is the devil who is here called _the god of th...
in whom the god of this world hath 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 upon them. [These words are calle...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III As to their affirming that Paul said plainly in the Second [Epistle] to the Corinthians, "In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them that believe...
2 Corinthians 4:4 G1722 whose G3739 minds G3540 god G2316 this G5127 age G165 blinded G5186 (G5656) believe
SUCH A MINISTRY AS HAS BEEN DEPICTED MAKES CLEAR THAT ITS MINISTERS ARE NOT CORRUPT BECAUSE IT IS CONDUCTED IN GOD'S GLORIOUS LIGHT AND REVEALS THE UNMATCHABLE GLORY OF GOD IN JESUS CHRIST EVEN THOUGH...
2 Corinthians 4:4. IN WHOM THE GOD OF THIS WORLD so called from the mysterious power over men, permitted him since the fall (see Luke 4:6; Hebrews 2:14;...
THE GOD OF THIS WORLD (ο θεος του αιωνος τουτου). "Age," more exactly, as in 1 Corinthians 1:20. Satan is "the god of this age," a phrase nowhere else in the N.T., but Jesus uses the same idea in Jo...
2 Corinthians 4:3 The Gospel the Manifestation of God. I. St. Paul speaks of the gospel or good news being hid from those to whom it was proclaimed. St. Paul is not declaring what may be the conseque...
2 Corinthians 4:1. _Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;_ It is a very high privilege to be called to the work of the Christian ministry, and when the mini...
2 Corinthians 4:1. _Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;_ Stern was the labour of the apostles, but they felt that their work was so all-important, so divi...
2 Corinthians 4:1. _Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; but have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the wor...
2 Corinthians 4:1. _Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;--_ We are sometimes ready to faint, but we cast our fainting spirits into the arms of God, and our...
CONTENTS: Truth taught, commended by the life. The preaching of the Lordship of Christ. The suffering of true ministers with Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul. CONCLUSION: A steadfast adherence t...
2 Corinthians 4:1. _Seeing we have this ministry,_ of grace and reconciliation to a guilty world; the ministry of righteousness, not of condemnation; the ministry of life, and not of death; we have li...
BECAUSE THEIR MINDS. The world is a battleground where truth and error are locked in struggle for men's minds! But God is always in control, and Christ has already won the victory! But those who const...
_But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost._ THE HIDDEN GOSPEL I. What is our gospel? You may call it either “God’s news” or “good newsy” for “God” and “good” are one and the same thi...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 4:3 IF OUR GOSPEL IS VEILED refers to the hardened heart that makes it impossible for some to recognize Jesus as the Messiah (see...
2 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 2 CORINTHIANS 4:1 Paul explains why he does not become discouraged in his ministry, despite his many afflictions (2 Corinthians 4:1,...
CHAPTER 4 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. From what was said in the last chapter of the glory and honour belonging to the office of a preacher of the Gospel, S. Paul proceeds to assert that he discharges...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ N.B. A _continuous outpour_ of argument and appeal, all “alive,” and quivering, thrilling, with quick emotion, _from_ 2 Corinthians 2:17 _to_ 2 Corinthians 6:10. 2
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 2 Corinthians 4:1. THIS MINISTRY.—Viz. that in 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 3:6; and more definitely expounded at the end of this long section, in...
EXPOSITION The glory of the gospel ministry (2 Corinthians 4:1), which sustains the hearts of Christ's ministers among all weaknesses and trials (2 Corinthians 4:7), especially by the faith in things...
Therefore seeing we have this ministry (2 Corinthians 4:1), What ministry? Pointing people to Jesus Christ. as we have received mercy, we faint not; But [we] have renounced the hidden things of disho...
1 Corinthians 10:20; 1 John 2:8; 1 John 5:19; 1 Kings 22:22;...
The God of this world [ο θ ε ο ς τ ο υ α ι ω ν ο ς τ ο υ τ ο υ]. The phrase occurs only here. Compare Ephesians 2:2; Ephesians 6:12; John 12:31; John 14:30. S
The God of this world — What a sublime and horrible description of Satan! He is indeed the god of all that believe not, and works in them with inconceivable energy. Hath blinded — Not only veiled, the...
Observe here, 1. The title given to Satan: he is styled THE GOD OF THIS WORLD; not properly, but because the honour and homage of. god is challenged by him, and by. multitude of sinners given to him....