Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Corinthians 4:4
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4. In whom —Translate, "In whose case." god of this world —The worldly make him their God ( :- ). He is, in fact, "the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that ruleth in the children of disobedience " ( Ephesians 2:2 ). minds —"understandings": "mental perceptions," as in Ephesians 2:2- : . them which believe not —the same as "them that are lost" (or "are perishing"). Compare 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 . SOUTH quaintly says, "when the malefactor's eyes are covered, he is not far from his execution" ( Esther 7:8 ). Those perishing unbelievers are not merely veiled, but blinded ( 2 Corinthians 3:14 ; 2 Corinthians 3:15 ): Greek, not "blinded," but " hardened. " light of the glorious gospel of Christ —Translate, "The illumination ( enlightening: the propagation from those already enlightened, to others of the light ) of the Gospel of the glory of Christ." "The glory of Christ" is not a mere quality (as "glorious" would express) of the Gospel; it is its very essence and subject matter. image of God —implying identity of nature and essence ( John 1:18 ; Colossians 1:15 ; Hebrews 1:3 ). He who desires to see "the glory of God," may see it "in the face of Jesus Christ" ( 2 Corinthians 4:6 ; 1 Timothy 6:14-16 ). Paul here recurs to 2 Corinthians 3:18 . Christ is "the image of God," into which "same image" we, looking on it in the mirror of the Gospel, are changed by the Spirit; but this image is not visible to those blinded by Satan [ALFORD]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-5" class="com-number"
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