At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants;
2 Corinthians 4:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But even if our Gospel (the glad tidings) also be hidden (obscured and covered up with a veil that hinders the knowledge of God), it is hidden [only] to those who are perishing and obscured [only] to those who are spiritually dying and veiled [only] to those who are lost. American Standard Version (1901) And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in them that perish: Common English Bible And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are on the road to destruction. Catholic Public Domain Version But if our Gospel is in some way hidden, it is hidden to those who are perishing. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if our gospel be also hid, it is hid to them that are lost, |
At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants;
on the day when, according to my gospel, God through Christ Jesus judges the secret thoughts of all.
For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
Yet among the mature we do speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are being destroyed.
When I came to Troas to proclaim the good news of Christ, a door was opened for me in the Lord,
But their minds were hardened. Indeed, to this very day, when they hear the reading of the old covenant, the same veil is still there; it is not unveiled since in Christ it is set aside.
In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing clearly the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
because our message of the gospel came to you not in word only but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of persons we proved to be among you for your sake.
that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I was entrusted.