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

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 2 Corinthians 4 contains 18 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.