2 Corinthians 4:4

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“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.”

— WEB

“In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”

— KJV

“in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn [upon them].”

— ASV

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Commentary

In whom--Translate, "In whose case." god of this world--The worldly make him their God (Phi 3:19). He is, in fact, "the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that ruleth in the children of disobedience" (Eph 2:2). minds--"understandings": "mental perceptions," as in Co2 3:14. them which believe not--the same as "them that are lost" (or "are perishing"). Compare Th2 2:10-12. SOUTH quaintly says, "when the malefactor's eyes are covered, he is not far from his execution" (Est 7:8). Those perishing unbelievers are not merely veiled, but blinded (Co2 3:14-15): 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 (Joh 1:18; Col 1:15; Heb 1:3). He who desires to see "the glory of God," may see it "in the face of Jesus Christ" (Co2 4:6; Ti1 6:14-16). Paul here recurs to Co2 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].

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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