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


In Context

2 but did renounce for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves unto every conscience of men, before God;

3 and if also our good news is vailed, in those perishing it is vailed,

4 in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;

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

6 because it is God who said, Out of darkness light is to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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