2 Corinthians 4:6

For the God who said, "Out of darkness light will shine," is the one who shone in our hearts, to bring the light of the knowledge of God's glory, the glory seen in the face of Christ.
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Treated in 15 passages across the library.

  1. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    What is His Name? cites 2 Corinthians 4:6

    …are to see “the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ,” (2 Corinthians 4:6) and that we cannot see it fully anywhere else. If we want to know the full meaning of…

  2. Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards · Jonathan Edwards

    A Divine and Supernatural Light cites 2 Cor. iv. 6

    …of God is here appropriated to the Son of God as his sole prerogative. And again, 2 Cor. iv. 6: “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts…

  3. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    Effectual calling cites 2 Cor. iv. 6

    …may shine upon the face: this light shines into the heart, and enlightens the conscience (2 Cor. iv. 6). (iv.) It is a marvellous light, because it sets those who have it a marvelling. They…

  4. The Key Teachings of A. W. Tozer · Ochorus Originals

    What Comes into Our Minds cites 2 CORINTHIANS 4:6

    …to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 CORINTHIANS 4:6 Tozer knew and believed this; he was a thoroughly Christ-centred preacher. But a reader…

  5. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    April cites 2 Cor. iv. 6

    …to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Cor. iv. 6. Christian! rest not until thou knowest the full, the unbroken shining of God in thy…

  6. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 9 — Christ, Though Known to the Jews Under the Law, Yet Only Manifested Under the Gospel cites 2 Cor. 4:6

    …to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ,” (2 Cor. 4:6); because, when he appeared in this his image, he in a manner made himself visible, his…

  7. The Key Teachings of Athanasius of Alexandria · Ochorus Originals

    The Portrait Renewed on the Same Wood cites 2 CORINTHIANS 4:6

    …to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 CORINTHIANS 4:6 Why it matters now We live in an age that talks a great deal about identity, and very…

  8. The Key Teachings of Jonathan Edwards · Ochorus Originals

    A Divine and Supernatural Light cites 2 CORINTHIANS 4:6

    …to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 CORINTHIANS 4:6 Note the language: light. The same God who spoke at creation speaks again, and the result…

  9. The Life and Diary of David Brainerd (For Teens) · David Brainerd

    The Dark Thick Grove cites 2 Corinthians 4:6

    “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts.” — 2 Corinthians 4:6 (KJV) On Sunday evening, 12 July 1739, David Brainerd, aged twenty-one, went for a walk…

  10. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

    Signs of smoking flax which Christ will not quench cites 2 Cor. iv. 6

    …from heaven by the Father of lights, who commanded light to shine out of darkness, 2 Cor. iv. 6. As it is kindled in the use of means, so it is fed. The light in us, and the light in…

  11. Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards · Jonathan Edwards

    Notes cites 2 Cor. iv. 6

    …doubtful; for among the manuscripts in New Haven, Professor Dexter discovered a sermon on 2 Cor. iv. 6 marked as preached in Northampton, May 1755, and in a book of plans of sermons at least…

  12. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Sin cites 2 Cor. iv. 6

    …“shines into our hearts” by the work of the Holy Ghost, and then spiritual life begins. (2 Cor. iv. 6.)—Dim or indistinct views of sin are the origin of most of the errors, heresies, and…

  13. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 1 — Of the True Church cites 2 Cor. 4:6

    …Paul declares, that in his preaching the glory of God shone in the face of Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 4:6). The more detestable are the apostates who delight in producing schisms in churches…

  14. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    Confession cites 2 Cor. iv. 6

    …creates in a man’s heart, when He awakens, converts, and makes him a true Christian. (2 Cor. iv. 6.) For want of seeing sin men do not value salvation. Once let a man get a sight of his…

  15. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    V. Truly gracious affections are attended with a reasonable and spiritual conviction of the judgment, of the reality and certainty of divine things cites 2 Cor. 4:3-6

    …things that have been already said: and for this the Scripture is very plain and express, 2 Cor. 4:3-6: “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost; in whom the God of this…

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