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2 Corinthians 4:7

Bible in Basic English 1965

But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;

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O keep in mind that you made me out of earth; and will you send me back again to dust?

See, I am the same as you are in the eyes of God; I was cut off from the same bit of wet earth.

How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;

The valued sons of Zion, whose price was the best gold, are looked on as vessels of earth, the work of the hands of the potter!

The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.

And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.

I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.

And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are:

For his letters, they say, have weight and are strong; but in body he is feeble, and his way of talking has little force.

For he was feeble in that he was put to death on the cross, but he is living by the power of God. And we are feeble in him, but we will be living with him through the power of God in relation to you.

For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong:

For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.

As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.

Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ by grace you have salvation,

To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, was this grace given, so that I might make clear to the Gentiles the good news of the unending wealth of Christ:

To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Having been put to death with him in baptism, by which you came to life again with him, through faith in the working of God, who made him come back from the dead.

In whom are all the secret stores of wisdom and knowledge.

Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.

So that every one of you may keep his body holy and in honour;

Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but others of wood and earth, and some which are honoured and some without honour.

And the Lord said to Gideon, So great is the number of your people, that if I give the Midianites into their hands they will be uplifted in pride over me and will say, I myself have been my saviour.




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