2Cor.4.7

2 Corinthians 4:7

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

Treasure in Jars of Clay

Paul’s Apostolic Ministry

Cross References

Judges 7:2

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And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

Gideon’s Army of Three Hundred

Gideon’s 300 Chosen Men

Job 4:19

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How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

Eliphaz: The Innocent Prosper

Job 10:9

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Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

Job’s Plea to God

Job 33:6

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Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

Elihu Rebukes Job

Lamentations 4:2

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The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

The Distress of Zion

John 16:33

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These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Ask in My Name

1 Corinthians 2:5

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That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Paul’s Message by the Spirit’s Power

Paul’s Reliance upon the Spirit

2 Corinthians 5:1

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For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Our Eternal Dwelling

The Temporal and Eternal

1 Thessalonians 4:4

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That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

Living to Please God

2 Timothy 2:20

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But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.