2 Corinthians 4:7

New American Bible - revised edition

But we hold this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassing power may be of God and not from us.

Cross References

Job 10:9

Oh, remember that you fashioned me from clay! Will you then bring me down to dust again?

Job 33:6

Look, I am like you before God, I too was pinched from clay.

Job 4:19

How much more with those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed more easily than a moth!

Lamentations 4:2

And Zion’s precious children, worth their weight in gold— How they are treated like clay jugs, the work of any potter!

Matthew 13:44

“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

Matthew 13:52

And he replied, “Then every scribe who has been instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom both the new and the old.”

John 16:33

I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world.”

1 Corinthians 1:28

and God chose the lowly and despised of the world, those who count for nothing, to reduce to nothing those who are something,

2 Corinthians 10:10

For someone will say, “His letters are severe and forceful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.”

2 Corinthians 13:4

For indeed he was crucified out of weakness, but he lives by the power of God. So also we are weak in him, but toward you we shall live with him by the power of God.

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore, since we have this ministry through the mercy shown us, we are not discouraged.

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if our earthly dwelling, a tent, should be destroyed, we have a building from God, a dwelling not made with hands, eternal in heaven.

2 Corinthians 6:10

as sorrowful yet always rejoicing; as poor yet enriching many; as having nothing and yet possessing all things.

Ephesians 2:5

even when we were dead in our transgressions, brought us to life with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

Ephesians 3:8

To me, the very least of all the holy ones, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the inscrutable riches of Christ,

Colossians 1:27

to whom God chose to make known the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; it is Christ in you, the hope for glory.

Colossians 2:12

You were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.

Colossians 2:3

in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. A General Admonition.

1 Thessalonians 1:5

For our gospel did not come to you in word alone, but also in power and in the holy Spirit and [with] much conviction. You know what sort of people we were [among] you for your sake.

1 Thessalonians 4:4

that each of you know how to acquire a wife for himself in holiness and honor,

2 Timothy 2:20

In a large household there are vessels not only of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for lofty and others for humble use.

Judges 7:2

The Lord said to Gideon: You have too many soldiers with you for me to deliver Midian into their power, lest Israel vaunt itself against me and say, “My own power saved me.”