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<a href="/csb/2_corinthians/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> But if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. <a href="/hcsb/2_corinthians/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> But if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. <a href="/asv/2_corinthians/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in them that perish: <a href="/cev/2_corinthians/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> If there is anything hidden about our message, it is hidden only to someone who is lost. <a href="/erv/2_corinthians/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> But and if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in them that are perishing: <a href="/gwt/2_corinthians/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> So if the Good News that we tell others is covered with a veil, it is hidden from those who are dying. <a href="/gnt/2_corinthians/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> For if the gospel we preach is hidden, it is hidden only from those who are being lost. <a href="/isv/2_corinthians/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> So if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are dying. <a href="/msb/2_corinthians/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. <a href="/net/2_corinthians/4.htm">NET Bible</a> But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing, <a href="/nheb/2_corinthians/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing; <a href="/wbt/2_corinthians/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> But if our gospel is hid, it is hid to them that are lost: <a href="/wey/2_corinthians/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> If, however, the meaning of our Good News has been veiled, the veil has been on the hearts of those who are on the way to perdition, <a href="/web/2_corinthians/4.htm">World English Bible</a> Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who are dying, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_corinthians/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and if our good news is also veiled, it is veiled in those perishing, <a href="/blb/2_corinthians/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But if indeed our gospel is concealed, it is concealed to those who are perishing, <a href="/ylt/2_corinthians/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and if also our good news is vailed, in those perishing it is vailed, <a href="/slt/2_corinthians/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And if also our good news is hid, in the lost is it hid:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_corinthians/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And if our gospel be also hid, it is hid to them that are lost, <a href="/cpdv/2_corinthians/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But if our Gospel is in some way hidden, it is hidden to those who are perishing. <a href="/nabre/2_corinthians/4.htm">New American Bible</a> And even though our gospel is veiled, it is veiled for those who are perishing, <a href="/nrsvce/2_corinthians/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_corinthians/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> If our gospel is hidden, it is hidden to those who are lost: <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_corinthians/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> But if our gospel is covered up, it is covered up to those who are lost,<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/2_corinthians/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> But if our gospel is vailed, it is vailed among the lost, <a href="/godbey/2_corinthians/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> But if indeed our gospel is hidden, it is hidden with those who are lost: <a href="/haweis/2_corinthians/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And if now our gospel be hid, it is hid from those who are lost: <a href="/mace/2_corinthians/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a> but if our gospel be obscure, it is so only to those who are lost: <a href="/wey/2_corinthians/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> If, however, the meaning of our Good News has been veiled, the veil has been on the hearts of those who are on the way to perdition, <a href="/worrell/2_corinthians/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> And, even if our Gospel has been veiled, it has been veiled in those who perish; <a href="/worsley/2_corinthians/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And if our gospel also be veiled, it is to those that perish; <a href="/parallel/2_corinthians/4-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ddheG4hMg28?start=594" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/4.htm">The Light of the Gospel</a> …2Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. 3<a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">And</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">even</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: Ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.">if</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmōn (PPro-G1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">our</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-NNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2098.htm" title="2098: euangelion (N-NNS) -- From the same as euaggelizo; a good message, i.e. The gospel.">gospel</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">is</a> <a href="/greek/2572.htm" title="2572: kekalymmenon (V-RPM/P-NNS) -- To veil, hide, conceal, envelop. Akin to klepto and krupto; to cover up.">veiled,</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">it is</a> <a href="/greek/2572.htm" title="2572: kekalymmenon (V-RPM/P-NNS) -- To veil, hide, conceal, envelop. Akin to klepto and krupto; to cover up.">veiled</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">to</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tois (Art-DMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">those who</a> <a href="/greek/622.htm" title="622: apollymenois (V-PPM/P-DMP) -- From apo and the base of olethros; to destroy fully, literally or figuratively.">are perishing.</a> 4The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-14.htm">2 Corinthians 3:14</a> But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed. <a href="/2_corinthians/2-15.htm">2 Corinthians 2:15-16</a> For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. / To the one we are an odor that brings death, to the other a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task? <a href="/romans/11-7.htm">Romans 11:7-8</a> What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened, / as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.” <a href="/1_corinthians/1-18.htm">1 Corinthians 1:18</a> For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. <a href="/john/12-40.htm">John 12:40</a> “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.” <a href="/matthew/13-13.htm">Matthew 13:13-15</a> This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’ / In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. / For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’ <a href="/isaiah/6-9.htm">Isaiah 6:9-10</a> And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.” <a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-22</a> For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, <a href="/1_john/2-11.htm">1 John 2:11</a> But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. <a href="/ephesians/4-18.htm">Ephesians 4:18</a> They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts. <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-10.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:10-12</a> and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. / For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, / in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness. <a href="/john/3-19.htm">John 3:19-20</a> And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. / Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. <a href="/acts/28-26.htm">Acts 28:26-27</a> ‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.” / For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’ <a href="/isaiah/44-18.htm">Isaiah 44:18</a> They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand. <a href="/jeremiah/5-21.htm">Jeremiah 5:21</a> “Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:our.<a href="/romans/2-16.htm">Romans 2:16</a> In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.<a href="/1_thessalonians/1-5.htm">1 Thessalonians 1:5</a> For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.<a href="/1_timothy/1-11.htm">1 Timothy 1:11</a> According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.it is.<a href="/2_corinthians/4-4.htm">2 Corinthians 4:4</a> 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.<a href="/2_corinthians/2-15.htm">2 Corinthians 2:15,16</a> For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: … <a href="/2_corinthians/3-14.htm">2 Corinthians 3:14</a> But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_corinthians/2-15.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-12.htm">Good</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-12.htm">Gospel</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-15.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/acts/1-9.htm">Hid</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-7.htm">However</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-15.htm">Lost</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-11.htm">Meaning</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-12.htm">News</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-18.htm">Perdition</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-15.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/2-15.htm">Perishing</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/3-16.htm">Veil</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-7.htm">Veiled</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/1-16.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_corinthians/10-4.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/4-4.htm">Good</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/4-4.htm">Gospel</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/4-6.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/ephesians/3-9.htm">Hid</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-14.htm">However</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-10.htm">Lost</a> <a href="/galatians/3-16.htm">Meaning</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/4-4.htm">News</a> <a href="/philippians/1-28.htm">Perdition</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/4-16.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-10.htm">Perishing</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-19.htm">Veil</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-20.htm">Veiled</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/4-8.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">2 Corinthians 4</div>1. <a href="/2_corinthians/4-1.htm">Paul declares how he has used all sincerity and diligence in preaching the gospel,</a> 7. <a href="/2_corinthians/4-7.htm">and how his troubles and persecutions did redound to the praise of God's power,</a> 12. <a href="/2_corinthians/4-12.htm">to the benefit of the church,</a> 16. <a href="/2_corinthians/4-16.htm">and to the apostle's own eternal glory.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical context, a veil often symbolizes a barrier to seeing or understanding spiritual truths. This imagery is reminiscent of the veil in the temple that separated the Holy of Holies, which was torn at Christ's crucifixion (<a href="/matthew/27-51.htm">Matthew 27:51</a>), symbolizing the removal of barriers between God and humanity. The idea of a veiled gospel also connects to <a href="/2_corinthians/3-14.htm">2 Corinthians 3:14-16</a>, where Paul discusses the veil over the hearts of those who do not turn to Christ. The gospel, or "good news," refers to the message of salvation through Jesus Christ, which can be obscured by spiritual blindness.it is veiled to those who are perishing "Those who are perishing" refers to individuals who are spiritually lost and on a path to eternal separation from God. This phrase highlights the dichotomy between those who are being saved and those who are not, as seen in <a href="/1_corinthians/1-18.htm">1 Corinthians 1:18</a>, where the message of the cross is described as foolishness to those who are perishing. The perishing are contrasted with believers who have received the light of the gospel. This spiritual blindness is often attributed to the influence of the "god of this age" (<a href="/2_corinthians/4-4.htm">2 Corinthians 4:4</a>), who blinds the minds of unbelievers. The concept of perishing underscores the urgency of evangelism and the need for divine intervention to open the eyes of the spiritually blind.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of 2 Corinthians, Paul is writing to the church in Corinth to address various issues and to defend his ministry. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_corinthian_church.htm">The Corinthian Church</a> The recipients of the letter, a diverse group of believers in the city of Corinth, known for its cultural and religious diversity. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_gospel.htm">The Gospel</a> The good news of Jesus Christ's death and resurrection, which Paul is proclaiming. 4. <a href="/topical/t/those_who_are_perishing.htm">Those Who Are Perishing</a> Refers to individuals who are spiritually blind and unable to understand the gospel due to their unbelief. 5. <a href="/topical/v/veil.htm">Veil</a> A metaphor used by Paul to describe the spiritual blindness that prevents some from seeing the truth of the gospel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_spiritual_blindness.htm">Understanding Spiritual Blindness</a> Spiritual blindness is a condition that affects those who reject the gospel. It is important to pray for the removal of this veil in the lives of unbelievers. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_holy_spirit.htm">The Role of the Holy Spirit</a> The Holy Spirit is essential in removing the veil and illuminating the truth of the gospel to those who are spiritually blind. <a href="/topical/p/perseverance_in_evangelism.htm">Perseverance in Evangelism</a> Even when the gospel seems veiled, believers are called to persevere in sharing the good news, trusting God to open hearts. <a href="/topical/s/self-examination.htm">Self-Examination</a> Believers should examine their own hearts to ensure they are not allowing any form of spiritual blindness to hinder their walk with Christ. <a href="/topical/c/compassion_for_the_lost.htm">Compassion for the Lost</a> Understanding the condition of those who are perishing should move believers to compassion and motivate them to share the gospel with urgency.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_corinthians/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost.--Better, in both cases, as keeping the sequence of thought, has been veiled, instead of "is hid," and among them that are perishing. (See Note on <a href="/2_corinthians/2-15.htm" title="For we are to God a sweet smell of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:">2Corinthians 2:15</a>.) He cannot close his eyes to the fact that the glorious words of <a href="/2_corinthians/3-18.htm" title="But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.">2Corinthians 3:18</a> are only partially realised. There are some to whom even the gospel of Christ appears as shrouded by a veil. And these are not, as some have thought, Judaising teachers only or chiefly, but the whole class of those who are at present on the way to perish, not knowing God, counting themselves unworthy of eternal life. The force of the present participle, as not excluding the thought of future change, is again to be carefully noted.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_corinthians/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - But if our gospel be hid. This is added to avoid the semblance of a contradiction. He has spoken of "manifestation of the truth," and yet has spoken of all Jews as unable to see it because they will not remove from their hearts the veil which hides it from them. How can "a veiled gospel" be a "manifested truth"? The answer is that the gospel is bright, but the eyes that should gaze on it are wilfully closed. Similarly in <a href="/2_corinthians/2-16.htm">2 Corinthians 2:16</a>, he has compared the gospel to a fragrance of life, yet to the doomed captives - "to the perishing" - it comes "like a waft from the charnel house." A better rendering would be, But even if our gospel (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-1.htm">1 Corinthians 15:1</a>; <a href="/romans/2-16.htm">Romans 2:16</a>) is a veiled one. it is veiled only among the perishing (comp. <a href="/1_corinthians/1-18.htm">1 Corinthians 1:18</a>). Be hid; rather, has been veiled. To them that are lost; rather, to the perishing (see note on 2 Corinthians 2:15). <a href="/commentaries/2_corinthians/4-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>And δὲ (de) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> A primary particle; but, and, etc. even καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. if Εἰ (Ei) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1487.htm">Strong's 1487: </a> If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. our ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. gospel εὐαγγέλιον (euangelion) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2098.htm">Strong's 2098: </a> From the same as euaggelizo; a good message, i.e. The gospel. is ἔστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. veiled, κεκαλυμμένον (kekalymmenon) Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2572.htm">Strong's 2572: </a> To veil, hide, conceal, envelop. Akin to klepto and krupto; to cover up. it is ἐστὶν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. veiled κεκαλυμμένον (kekalymmenon) Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2572.htm">Strong's 2572: </a> To veil, hide, conceal, envelop. Akin to klepto and krupto; to cover up. to ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. those who τοῖς (tois) Article - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. are perishing. ἀπολλυμένοις (apollymenois) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_622.htm">Strong's 622: </a> From apo and the base of olethros; to destroy fully, literally or figuratively. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_corinthians/4-3.htm">2 Corinthians 4:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_corinthians/4-3.htm">2 Corinthians 4:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_corinthians/4-3.htm">2 Corinthians 4:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/4-3.htm">2 Corinthians 4:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/4-3.htm">2 Corinthians 4:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_corinthians/4-3.htm">2 Corinthians 4:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_corinthians/4-3.htm">2 Corinthians 4:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_corinthians/4-3.htm">2 Corinthians 4:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_corinthians/4-3.htm">2 Corinthians 4:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_corinthians/4-3.htm">2 Corinthians 4:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/4-3.htm">NT Letters: 2 Corinthians 4:3 Even if our Good News is veiled (2 Cor. 2C iiC 2Cor ii cor iicor) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Corinthians 4:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 4:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Corinthians 4:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 4:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>