2 Corinthians 4:7
“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.”
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
Cross-References
“Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;”
“For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.”
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:”
“Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.”
“And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:”