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2 Corinthians 4:6

WEB

6seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,”who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

KJV

6For 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.

BSB

6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”[+] made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

FBV

6For God who said, “Let light shine out of the darkness,”[+] shone in our minds to illuminate the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Jesus Christ.

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References

Genesis 1:3
3God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

Extra References

Isaiah 60:2

2For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the LORD will arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you.

Genesis 1:3

3God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

1 Peter 2:9

9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

2 Peter 1:19

19We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts,

Ephesians 5:8

8For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

2 Corinthians 4:4

4in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

Isaiah 40:5

5The LORD’s glory shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.”

Hebrews 1:3

3His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,

2 Corinthians 3:18

18But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.

Isaiah 45:7

7I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create calamity. I am the LORD, who does all these things.