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


In Context

2 But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

3 Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish;

4 in 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.

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

6 seeing 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.

7 But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus Lord, and ourselves your bondmen 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 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.