2 Corinthians 4:3

1 Corinthians 1:18; 1 Thessalonians 1:5; 1 Timothy 1:11; 2 Corinthians 2:15; 2 Corinthians 2:16; 2 Corinthians 3:14; 2 Corinthians 4:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11; Matthew 11:25; Romans 2:16

Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 4:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But if our gospel be hid - Paul here calls it his gospel, because it was that which he preached, or the message which he bore; see note, Romans...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: (2) An objection: many hear the Gospel, and yet are no more enlightened by it than by...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

In this paragraph the apostle recurs to the thought of 2 Corinthians 3:12 ; 2 Corinthians 2:16 ; 2 Corinthians 1:12 ; a ministry of such surpassin...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

if. App-118. gospel , Compare App-140. hid . hid (Greek. kaluptd, to cover or veil) also. Compare James 5:20 ; 1 Peter 4:8 , and See 2 Cor...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. But if our gospel is hid It might have been an easy thing to pour calumny upon what he had said as to the clearness of his preaching, bec...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: But if our Gospel be hid - Κεκαλυμμενον· Veiled; he refers to the subject that he had trea...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If our Gospel be hid, &c.— If our Gospel be under a veil too, it is veiled to those that are lost —who wilfully reject it, and perish thereby....
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: But if - however, even if (as I grant is the case). Hid - rather (in reference...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-6. The messengers of this gospel are not afraid to proclaim it, for they preach Christ, who has revealed the glory of God. 1, 2. Paraphrase. '...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Are lost] RV 'are perishing.' If some will not let the light of the gospel shine into their hearts, it is their own fault.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Paraphrase. 'If our gospel is not understood by any, it is only by those (4) whose minds are dulled by sin. (5) For the subject of our preaching is...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost. — Better, in both cases, as keeping the sequence of thought, has been veiled, instead...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 11 THE GOSPEL DEFINED. 2 Corinthians 4:1-6 (R.V) IN these verses Paul resumes for the last time the line of thought on which he had se...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Glory Reflected in Christ 2 Corinthians 4:1-6 The servant of Christ must never forget that he once needed and obtained mercy. This will s...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Continuing about the ministry, the apostle said, "We faint not," "we have renounced the hidden things of shame," "we preach... Christ Jesus as Lord."...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; (2) But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walk...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE HIDDEN GOSPEL ‘But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost.’ 2 Corinthians 4:3 If the Gospel be hidden, why is it hidden?...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But if our Gospel be hid ,.... When the Gospel is called ours, the meaning is, not that ministers are the authors or subject of it; but it is so sty...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: Ver. 3. To them that are lost ] It is a sign of a reprobate goat, John 8:43 ; John 8:...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But if our gospel also , (so it is in the original,) be hid Κεκαλυμμενον, veiled , as well as the law of Moses; it is veiled to them that are lo...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter s 4 and 5 now show some of the precious, practical results of this ministry, seen in those entrusted with it; for it is such a ministry itsel...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Constancy and Sincerity of the Apostles; The Apostle's Integrity. A. D. 57....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The apostle calls the gospel his gospel, because of his instrumentality in the promoting and publishing of it. His meaning is: If the doctrine of...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Such A Ministry As Has Been Depicted makes Clear That Its Ministers Are Not Corrupt Because It Is Conducted In God's Glorious Light And Reveals the...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES N.B. A continuous outpour of argument and appeal, all “alive,” and quivering, thrilling, with quick emotion, from 2 Corinthian...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 4:1 . This ministry .—Viz. that in 2 Corinthians 3:3 ; 2 Corinthians 3:6-9 ; and more definitely expounded at the...
Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 4:3-4 The Gospel the Manifestation of God. I. St. Paul speaks of the gospel or good news being hid from those to whom it was procla...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Corinthians 4:1 . Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; It is a very high privilege to be called to...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Corinthians 4:1 . Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;-- We are sometimes ready to faint, but we ca...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Corinthians 4:1-2 . Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; but have renounced the hidden things of dish...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Corinthians 4:1 . Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; Stern was the labour of the apostles, but th...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 4:1 . Seeing we have this ministry, of grace and reconciliation to a guilty world; the ministry of righteousness, not of condemnatio...
The Biblical Illustrator

But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost. The hidden gospel I. What is our gospel? You may call it either “God’s news” or “goo...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The glory of the gospel ministry ( 2 Corinthians 4:1-47 ), which sustains the hearts of Christ's ministers among all weaknesses and t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Gospel-Message of Light and Life. Paul uses frankness in delivering his message:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But if our Gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost;
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But if our gospel also — As well as the law of Moses.

³ But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 4:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Corinthians 4:3