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2 Corinthians 4:5

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5For what kwe proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with lourselves as your servants3 for Jesus’ sake.

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Footnotes

  1. 3Or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see )

Cross references

  1. k[1 Thess. 2:6]
  2. l1 Cor. 9:19; See ch. 1:24

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For we are not proclaiming ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’s sake.

NLTNew Living Translation

You see, we don’t go around preaching about ourselves. We preach that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we ourselves are your servants for Jesus’ sake.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for the sake of Jesus.

KJV 1900King James Version

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