2nd Corinthians

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2nd Corinthians Chapter 4 verse 5 Holy Bible

ASV 2ndCorinthians 4:5

For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
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BBE 2ndCorinthians 4:5

For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.
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DARBY 2ndCorinthians 4:5

For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus Lord, and ourselves your bondmen for Jesus' sake.
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KJV 2ndCorinthians 4:5

For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
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WBT 2ndCorinthians 4:5

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WEB 2ndCorinthians 4:5

For we don't preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake;
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YLT 2ndCorinthians 4:5

for not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus -- Lord, and ourselves your servants because of Jesus;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - For we preach not ourselves. There is no glory or illumination on our faces, and we have no personal ends to gain, nor are we "lords" over your faith. This is, perhaps, meant as an answer to some charge of egotism. The Lord; rather, as Lord (Philippians 2:11; 1 Corinthians 12:3). Your servants; literally, your slaves (1 Corinthians 9:19). For Jesus' sake. So Christ had himself desired (Matthew 20:27).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) For we preach not ourselves.--The words, like those about "commending ourselves," imply a reference to something that had been said. He was charged with being egotistic in his preaching, perhaps with special reference to passages like 1Corinthians 2:1-4; 1Corinthians 3:1-10; 1Corinthians 4:11-13. He indignantly repudiates that charge. "Christ Jesus" had been all along the subject of his preaching. (Comp. 1Corinthians 2:2.) So far as he had spoken of himself at all, it had been as a minister and servant for their sake (1Corinthians 3:22-23; 1Corinthians 9:19). . . .