2 Corinthians 4:6

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Cross References

Genesis 1:3

And God said, "Let there be light." And light became.

Psalm 63:2

Hear, O God, my prayer of supplication. Rescue my soul from the fear of the enemy.

Psalm 90:16

I will fill him with length of days. And I will reveal to him my salvation.

Isaiah 35:2

It will spring up and blossom, and it will exult with rejoicing and praising. The glory of Lebanon has been given to it, with the beauty of Carmel and Sharon. These will see the glory of the Lord and the beauty of our God.

Isaiah 40:5

And the glory of the Lord will be revealed. And all flesh together will see that the mouth of the Lord has spoken."

Isaiah 45:7

I form the light and create the darkness. I make peace and create disaster. I, the Lord, do all these things.

Isaiah 60:2

For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness will cover the peoples. Then the Lord will rise above you, and his glory will be seen in you.

Luke 10:22

All things have been delivered to me by my Father. And no one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and those to whom the Son has chosen to reveal him."

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 11:40

Jesus said to her, "Did I not say to you that if you believe, you shall see the glory of God?"

John 12:41

These things Isaiah said, when he saw his glory and was speaking about him.

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.'

1 Corinthians 12:8

Certainly, to one, through the Spirit, is given words of wisdom; but to another, according to the same Spirit, words of knowledge;

2 Corinthians 2:10

But anyone whom you have forgiven of anything, I also forgive. And then, too, anyone I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, it was done in the person of Christ for your sakes,

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 4:4

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.

Ephesians 1:17

so that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give a spirit of wisdom and of revelation to you, in knowledge of him.

Ephesians 1:18

May the eyes of your heart be illuminated, so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and the wealth of the glory of his inheritance with the saints,

Ephesians 5:8

For you were darkness, in times past, but now you are light, in the Lord. So then, walk as sons of the light.

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.

1 Thessalonians 2:12

in which we were pleading with you and consoling you, bearing witness, so that you would walk in a manner worthy of God, who has called you into his kingdom and glory.

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,

1 Peter 1:12

To them, it was revealed that they were ministering, not for themselves, but for you those things which have now been announced to you through those who have preached the Gospel to you, through the Holy Spirit, who was sent down from heaven to the One upon whom the Angels desire to gaze.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, so that you may announce the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

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.