Verse List for 2 COR 4:7

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OET (OET-RV) So we have this treasure stored in containers made from the dirt, so that the excellence of the power will be from God and not from us ourselves.

OET-LV But we _are _having the treasure this in earthen vessels, in _order _that the excellent of _the power may _be of_ the _god, and not from us,

ULT But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the surpassing greatness of the power might be from God and not from us;

UST We experience and proclaim these wonderful things, but we ourselves are weak and worthless. That way, it is clear that God causes these things to be so powerful, not we.

BSB & MSB Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that [this] surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.

BLB Now we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassingness of the power may be from God, and not from us,

AICNT But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing power may be of God and not from us;

OEB ¶  This treasure we have in these earthen vessels, so that its all-prevailing power may be seen to come from God, and not to be our own.

WEBBE & WMBB But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves.

NET But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.

LSV And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not of us,

FBV But we have this treasure in clay jars, to show that this supreme power comes from God and not from ourselves.

TCNT But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that this extraordinary power is from God and not from us.

T4T This work that God has given to us (exc) is [MET] like a very valuable treasure. But we who have that treasure are as weak as fragile [MET] clay pots. God has planned it like that in order that people will know that the power that changes lives is God’s power, and not any power of our own.

LEB ¶  But we have this treasure in earthenware jars, in order that the extraordinary degree of the power may be from God and not from us.

BBE 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;

Moff But I possess this treasure in a frail vessel of earth, to show that the transcending power belongs to God, not to myself;

Wymth But we have this treasure in a fragile vase of clay, in order that the surpassing greatness of the power may be seen to belong to God, and not to originate in us.

ASV But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;

DRA But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency may be of the power of God, and not of us.

YLT And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us;

Drby But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassingness of the power may be of [fn]God, and not from us:

RV But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;

SLT And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the eminence of power be of God, and not of us.

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

KJB-1769 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

KJB-1611 But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellencie of the power may be of God, and not of vs.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellencie of the power be Gods, and not ours.
(But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power be Gods, and not ours.)

Gnva But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellencie of that power might be of God, and not of vs.
(But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of that power might be of God, and not of us.)

Cvdl But this treasure haue we in earthen vessels, that ye power which excelleth might be of God, and not of vs.
(But this treasure have we in earthen vessels, that ye/you_all power which excelleth might be of God, and not of us.)

TNT But we have this treasure in erthe vessels that the excellent power of it myght appere to be of God and not of vs.
(But we have this treasure in earth vessels that the excellent power of it might appear to be of God and not of us.)

Wycl And we han this tresour in britil vessels, that the worthinesse be of Goddis vertu, and not of vs.
(And we have this treasure in britil vessels, that the worthiness be of God’s virtue, and not of us.)

Luth Wir haben aber solchen Schatz in irdischen Gefäßen, auf daß die überschwengliche Kraft sei Gottes und nicht von uns.
(We have but such treasure(n) in earthly vessels/containers, on/in/to that the exuberant strength/power be God’s and not from us/to_us/ourselves.)

ClVg Habemus autem thesaurum istum in vasis fictilibus: ut sublimitas sit virtutis Dei, et non ex nobis.[fn]
(Habemus however treasure that in/into/on vessels earthenwarebus: as sublimity/loftiness be of_virtue of_God, and not/no from us.)

SR-GNT Ἔχομεν δὲ τὸν θησαυρὸν τοῦτον ἐν ὀστρακίνοις σκεύεσιν, ἵνα ἡ ὑπερβολὴ τῆς δυνάμεως ᾖ τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ, καὶ μὴ ἐξ ἡμῶν· ‡

UGNT ἔχομεν δὲ τὸν θησαυρὸν τοῦτον ἐν ὀστρακίνοις σκεύεσιν, ἵνα ἡ ὑπερβολὴ τῆς δυνάμεως ᾖ τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ μὴ ἐξ ἡμῶν;

SBL-GNT Ἔχομεν δὲ τὸν θησαυρὸν τοῦτον ἐν ὀστρακίνοις σκεύεσιν, ἵνα ἡ ὑπερβολὴ τῆς δυνάμεως ᾖ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ μὴ ἐξ ἡμῶν·

RP-GNT Ἔχομεν δὲ τὸν θησαυρὸν τοῦτον ἐν ὀστρακίνοις σκεύεσιν, ἵνα ἡ ὑπερβολὴ τῆς δυνάμεως ᾖ τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ μὴ ἐξ ἡμῶν·

TC-GNT Ἔχομεν δὲ τὸν θησαυρὸν τοῦτον ἐν ὀστρακίνοις σκεύεσιν, ἵνα ἡ ὑπερβολὴ τῆς δυνάμεως ᾖ τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ μὴ ἐξ ἡμῶν·

Verse List for 2 COR 4:7

Verse List for 2 COR 4:7