5For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus Lord, and ourselves your bondmen for Jesus' sake.


In Context

2 But we have rejected the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.

3 But if also our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in those that are lost;

4 in whom the god of this world has blinded the thoughts of the unbelieving, so that the radiancy of the glad tidings of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine forth for them.

5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus Lord, and ourselves your bondmen for Jesus' sake.

6 Because it is the God who spoke that out of darkness light should shine who has shone in our hearts for the shining forth of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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

2 Corinthians 4:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:5For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:5For we preach not ourselves, but Jesus Christ our Lord; and ourselves your servants through Jesus.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus'sake.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5For we don't preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5for not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus — Lord, and ourselves your servants because of Jesus;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.