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2 Cor. 4:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

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Matt. 3:11• ¹¹{i}I indeed baptize you with water to repentance, but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not fit to bear; he shall baptize you with [the] Holy Spirit and fire;{/i} (Matt. 3:11)

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John 1:21‑23• ²¹And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he saith, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.
²²They said therefore to him, Who art thou, that we may give an answer to those that sent us? What sayest thou of thyself?
²³He said, I [am the] voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of Jehovah, as said Isaiah the prophet. (John 1:21‑23)

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John 3:27‑31• ²⁷John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it have been given him from heaven.
²⁸Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
²⁹He that hath the bride is [the] bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom that standeth and heareth him rejoiceth with joy because of the voice of the bridegroom: this my joy then is fulfilled.
³⁰He must increase, but I decrease.
³¹He that cometh from above is above all. He that is of the earth is of the earth, and speaketh [as] of the earth; he that cometh of the heaven is above all, (John 3:27‑31)

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John 7:18• ¹⁸He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory; but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him,—he is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. (John 7:18)

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Acts 3:12‑13• ¹²And Peter seeing [it] answered unto the people, Men of Israel, why marvel ye at this [man]? or why gaze ye at us as though by [our] own power and piety we had made him to walk?
¹³The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, did glorify his servant Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied before Pilate's face, when he decided to release [him]. (Acts 3:12‑13)

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Acts 8:9‑10• ⁹But a certain man, Simon by name, was before in the city practicing magic and amazing the nation of Samaria, saying that himself was some great one:
¹⁰to whom they all gave heed from small to great, saying, He is the power of God that is called Great. (Acts 8:9‑10)

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Acts 10:25‑26• ²⁵And when it came to pass that Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and falling at his feet, did homage;
²⁶but Peter raised him, saying, Rise up, I myself also am a man. (Acts 10:25‑26)

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Acts 14:11‑15• ¹¹And the crowds seeing what Paul did, lifted up their voices in Lycaonian, saying, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
¹²And they called Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, because he took the lead in speaking.
¹³And the priest of the Zeus that was before the city, having brought bulls and garlands unto the gates would have sacrificed with the crowds.
¹⁴But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard [of it], they rent their garments, and sprang out unto the crowd, crying out,
¹⁵and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like affections with you, preaching to you that ye should turn from these vain things unto a living God, who made the heaven and the earth, and the sea and all things in them; (Acts 14:11‑15)

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Rom. 15:17‑18• ¹⁷I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things relative to God.
¹⁸For I will not dare to speak of anything of what Christ has wrought not by me for [the] obedience of [the] Gentiles by word and deed, (Rom. 15:17‑18)

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1 Cor. 1:13‑15,23• ¹³Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you, or were ye baptized unto the name of Paul?
¹⁴I thank God that I baptized none of you but Crispus and Gaius,
¹⁵that no one should say that ye were baptized unto my name.
²³but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling-block, and to Gentiles foolishness, (1 Cor. 1:13‑15,23)

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1 Cor. 3:5‑6• ⁵What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers by whom ye believed, and as the Lord gave to each.
⁶I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. (1 Cor. 3:5‑6)

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1 Cor. 10:33• ³³even as I too please all in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but that of the many, that they be saved. (1 Cor. 10:33)

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Phil. 1:15• ¹⁵Some, indeed, also for envy and strife, but some also for goodwill, preach the Christ: (Phil. 1:15)

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1 Thess. 2:5‑6• ⁵For neither at any time were we with speech of flattery, as ye know, nor with a cloke of covetousness, God [is] witness;
⁶nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been burdensome as apostles of Christ. (1 Thess. 2:5‑6)

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Titus 1:11• ¹¹whose mouths must be stopped, who are such as overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not for filthy lucre's sake. (Titus 1:11)

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1 Peter 5:2‑5• ²Tend the flock of God that [is] among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity but willingly, not for base gain, but readily,
³nor as lording it over your allotments, but becoming models of the flock.
⁴And when the Chief-shepherd is manifested, ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.
⁵Likewise, ye younger, be subject to elders; and all of you bind on humility to one another; because God setteth himself against haughty ones, and giveth grace to lowly. (1 Peter 5:2‑5)

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2 Peter 2:3• ³And in covetousness with feigned words, they shall make merchandise of you: for whom judgment from of old is not idle, and their perdition slumbereth not. (2 Peter 2:3)

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2 Cor. 1:19• ¹⁹For the Son of God, Christ Jesus, that was preached among you by us, by me and Silvanus and Timothy, became not yea and nay, but is become yea in him. (2 Cor. 1:19)

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Matt. 23:8• ⁸{i}But ye , be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your instructor, and all ye are brethren.{/i} (Matt. 23:8)

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Acts 2:36• ³⁶Let all [the] house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God made him both Lord and Christ(this Jesus whom ye crucified. (Acts 2:36)

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Acts 5:31• ³¹him God exalted with his right hand as Leader and Saviour to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins. (Acts 5:31)

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Acts 10:36• ³⁶The word which he sent forth to the sons of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all), a (Acts 10:36)

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Rom. 14:8‑9• ⁸for both if we should live, to the Lord we live, and if we die, to the Lord we die; therefore, both if we should live and if we should die, we are the Lord's.
⁹For unto this [end] Christ died and lived, that he might be Lord both of dead and living. (Rom. 14:8‑9)

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1 Cor. 1:23• ²³but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling-block, and to Gentiles foolishness, (1 Cor. 1:23)

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1 Cor. 2:2• ²For I determined not to know anything among you save Jesus Christ and him crucified. (1 Cor. 2:2)

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1 Cor. 8:6• ⁶yet to us [there is] one God the Father, of whom [are] all things, and we unto him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom [are] all things, and we by him. (1 Cor. 8:6)

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1 Cor. 12:3• ³Wherefore I give you to know, that no one speaking in [the] Spirit of God saith, Jesus [is] accursed, and no one can say, Lord Jesus, unless in [the] Holy Spirit. (1 Cor. 12:3)

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1 Cor. 15:47• ⁴⁷the first man out of the earth made of dust, the second man out of heaven: (1 Cor. 15:47)

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Phil. 2:11• ¹¹and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, unto God [the] Father's glory. (Phil. 2:11)

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2 Cor. 1:24• ²⁴not that we rule over your faith, but are fellow-workers of your joy, for by faith ye stand. (2 Cor. 1:24)

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2 Cor. 5:14‑15• ¹⁴For the love of Christ constraineth us, having judged this, that if one died for all, then they all were dead;
¹⁵and he died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for them died and rose. (2 Cor. 5:14‑15)

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Matt. 20:25‑27• ²⁵{i}But Jesus having called them to [him], said, Ye know that the rulers of the nations exercise lordship over them, and the great exercise authority over them.{/i}
²⁶{i}It shall not be thus amongst you, but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your servant;{/i}
²⁷{i}and whosoever will be first among you, let him be your bondman;{/i} (Matt. 20:25‑27)

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Luke 22:25‑26• ²⁵But he said to them, The kings of the nations rule over them, and they that exercise authority over them are called benefactors.
²⁶But ye [shall] not [be] so; but let the greater among you be as the younger, and the leader as he that serveth. (Luke 22:25‑26)

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John 13:14‑15• ¹⁴If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another’s feet;
¹⁵for I have given you an example, that even as I did to you, ye should also do. (John 13:14‑15)

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Rom. 15:1‑2• ¹But we, the strong, ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please ourselves.
²Let each of us please his neighbour unto good for edification. (Rom. 15:1‑2)

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1 Cor. 9:19‑23• ¹⁹For being free from all I made myself bondman to all, that I might gain the most.
²⁰And I became to the Jews as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; and to those under law, as under law, not being myself under law, that I might gain those under law;
²¹to those without law, as without law, not being without law to God, but under law to Christ, that I might gain those without law.
²²To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak; to all I have become all things, that by all means I might save some.
²³And all things I do for the sake of the gospel, that I may become a fellow-partaker of it. (1 Cor. 9:19‑23)

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Gal. 5:13• ¹³For ye have been called for freedom, brethren: only [use] not your freedom for an opportunity to the flesh; but by love serve one another. (Gal. 5:13)

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2 Tim. 2:10• ¹⁰For this cause I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain salvation, that [is] in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. (2 Tim. 2:10)

• Personal interest, or honor, vanishes before His name. And such a servant was the Apostle to the Corinthians. What a change, from the prejudiced, law-bound, yet impassioned Jew of Tarsus! (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 4:5-6” by W. Kelly)

• As Christ Jesus is Lord, and the believer owns and proclaims it according to his measure, so is He the one true and safe motive for the ready service of His saints. Personal interest, or honor, vanishes before His name. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 4:5-6” by W. Kelly)

• Personal interest, temporal gain, self-exaltation and the applause of men, are all lost sight of in the joy of serving for Christ's sake. How truly he could say, "We preach not ourselves". (“2 Corinthians 4” by H. Smith)

• They preached “Christ Jesus the Lord.” This shows that their burden was not just to present Christ—wonderful as that is in itself—but to bring the saints under His Lordship claims. (“A True Christian Minister Has Personal Exercises Regarding the Ministry He Carries: 2 Corinithains 4” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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For not ourselves do we preach, but Jesus Christ as Lorda, and ourselves your bondmen for Jesus’ sake,

WK Translation Notes

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The order of the words "Jesus" "Christ" and "Lord" fluctuate in the MSS.