2 Corinthians 4:4

Catholic Public Domain Version

As for them, the god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, would not shine in them.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:22

And he said, 'I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' And the Lord said: 'You will deceive him, and you will prevail. Go forth, and do so.'

Psalm 50:2

when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he went to Bathsheba.

Isaiah 6:10

Blind the heart of this people. Make their ears heavy and close their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and then I would heal them."

Matthew 13:22

And whoever has received the seed among thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the falseness of riches suffocate the word, and he is effectively without fruit.

John 1:14

And the Word became flesh, and he lived among us, and we saw his glory, glory like that of an only-begotten son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:18

No one ever saw God; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he himself has described him.

John 12:31

Now is the judgment of the world. Now will the prince of this world be cast out.

John 12:35

Therefore, Jesus said to them: "For a brief time, the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. But whoever walks in darkness does not know where is he going.

John 12:40

"He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, so that they may not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and be converted: and then I would heal them."

John 12:45

And whoever sees me, sees him who sent me.

John 14:30

I will not now speak at length with you. For the prince of this world is coming, but he does not have anything in me.

John 15:24

If I had not accomplished among them works that no other person has accomplished, they would not have sin. But now they have both seen me, and they have hated me and my Father.

John 16:11

about judgment, then, because the prince of this world has already been judged.

John 8:12

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying: "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me does not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."

Acts 26:18

in order to open their eyes, so that they may be converted from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive the remission of sins and a place among the saints, through the faith that is in me.'

Acts 26:23

that the Christ would suffer, and that he would be the first from the resurrection of the dead, and that he would bring light to the people and to the nations."

1 Corinthians 10:20

But the things that the Gentiles immolate, they immolate to demons, and not to God. And I do not want you to become partakers with demons.

2 Corinthians 2:11

so that we would not be circumvented by Satan. For we are not ignorant of his intentions.

2 Corinthians 2:12

And when I had arrived at Troas, because of the Gospel of Christ, and a door had opened to me in the Lord,

2 Corinthians 3:11

For if even what was temporary has its glory, then what is lasting has an even greater glory.

2 Corinthians 3:14

for their minds were obtuse. And, even until this present day, the very same veil, in the readings from the Old Testament, remains not taken away (though, in Christ, it is taken away).

2 Corinthians 3:18

Yet truly, all of us, as we gaze upon the unveiled glory of the face of the Lord, are transfigured into the same image, from one glory to another. And this is done by the Spirit of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, who told the light to shine out of darkness, has shined a light into our hearts, to illuminate the knowledge of the splendor of God, in the person of Christ Jesus.

Galatians 1:4

who gave himself on behalf of our sins, so that he might deliver us from this present wicked age, according to the will of God our Father.

Ephesians 2:2

in which you walked in times past, according to the age of this world, according to the prince of the power of this sky, the spirit who now works in the sons of distrust.

Ephesians 6:12

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against the directors of this world of darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in high places.

Philippians 2:6

who, though he was in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be seized.

Colossians 1:15

He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature.

Colossians 1:27

To them, God willed to made known the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ and the hope of his glory within you.

1 Timothy 1:11

which is in accord with the Gospel of the glory of the blessed God, the Gospel which has been entrusted to me.

Titus 2:13

looking forward to the blessed hope and the advent of the glory of the great God and of our Savior Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 1:3

And since the Son is the brightness of his glory, and the figure of his substance, and is carrying all things by the Word of his virtue, thereby accomplishing a purging of sins, he sits at the right hand of Majesty on high.

Hebrews 6:4

For it is impossible for those who were once illuminated, and have even tasted of the heavenly gift, and have become sharers in the Holy Spirit,

2 Peter 1:19

And so, we have an even firmer prophetic word, to which you would do well to listen, as to a light shining within a dark place, until the day dawns, and the daystar rises, in your hearts.

1 John 2:11

But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness, and in darkness he walks, and he does not know where he is going. For the darkness has blinded his eyes.

1 John 2:8

Then too, I am writing to you a new commandment, which is the Truth in him and in you. For the darkness has passed away, and the true Light is now shining.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are of God, and that the entire world is established in wickedness.