2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Study Note
Study Note
'For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.' The parallel to Genesis 1:3's creation of light makes conversion a new creation — the same God who called light into being now illuminates the darkened human heart. The phrase 'face of Jesus Christ' (prosōpō Iēsou Christou) identifies the location of divine glory not in a theophany but in a human face, grounding Paul's theology of revelation in the Incarnation. John 1:4-5, 9 develops the same light-in-darkness metaphor for the coming of the Logos.
Other Translations
Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
because <FI>it is<Fi> God who said, Out of darkness light <FI>is<Fi> to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Cross References
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All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; …