our gospel be hid, it is hid in them that are lost: 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” (2 Cor 4:3–4). Finally, Jesus knows that they who believe do so by the grace of God and not because they are in themselves in any wise different from other men. All men are, as sinners, blind and hard of heart. Speaking of believers, Paul says: “Among whom also we all had