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

我们有这宝贝放在瓦器里，要显明这莫大的能力是出于神，不是出于我们。

我们有这宝贝放在瓦器里，为要显明这莫大的能力是出于上帝，不是出于我们。

我们有这宝贝放在瓦器里，为要显明这莫大的能力是出于神，不是出于我们。

我们不过是瓦器，里面却有这宝贝，要显明这莫大的能力是上帝的，而不是我们自己的。

我们有这宝贝在瓦器里，是要显明这极大的能力是属于神，不是出于我们。

不过我们有这宝物在瓦器里，为要显明这极大的能力是出于神，不是出于我们。

我們有這寶貝放在瓦器裏，要顯明這莫大的能力是出於神，不是出於我們。

我們有這寶貝放在瓦器裏，為要顯明這莫大的能力是出於上帝，不是出於我們。

我們有這寶貝放在瓦器裏，為要顯明這莫大的能力是出於神，不是出於我們。

我們不過是瓦器，裡面卻有這寶貝，要顯明這莫大的能力是上帝的，而不是我們自己的。

我們有這寶貝在瓦器裡，是要顯明這極大的能力是屬於神，不是出於我們。

但我們有這寶貝在瓦器裏，是要顯明這能力之無量高超是屬於上帝，不是出於我們。

不過我們有這寶物在瓦器裡，為要顯明這極大的能力是出於神，不是出於我們。

我儕有此寶、置於土器、致莫大之能、非由我、乃由上帝、

我儕有此寶、藏於土器、使知莫大之能、非由我、乃由上帝、

但我有此寶藏於土器、使人知此莫大之能、非由我、乃由天主也、

然此真光之在吾人、猶珍寶之藏於瓦器也。應知可貴者在天主之德、而不在吾人之身。

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

Treasure is kept in clay jars. In the same way, we have the treasure of the good news in these earthly bodies of ours. That shows that the mighty power of the good news comes from God. It doesn’t come from us.

But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.

Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power may be from God and not from us.

But we have this treasure in earthen containers, so that the extraordinary greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves;

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;

Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power may be from God and not from us.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.

For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,not of works, that no one would boast.

God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that don’t exist, that he might bring to nothing the things that exist,

in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.

The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how they are esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his mightwhich he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,that your faith wouldn’t stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, a thorn in the flesh was given to me: a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively.Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord three times that it might depart from me.He has said to me,“ My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

For,“ His letters”, they say,“ are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.”

“ Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor, and some for dishonor.

To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

but you know that because of weakness in the flesh I preached the Good News to you the first time.That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you didn’t despise nor reject; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

When Gideon had come, behold, there was a man telling a dream to his fellow. He said,“ Behold, I dreamed a dream; and behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, came to the tent, and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.”His fellow answered,“ This is nothing other than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel. God has delivered Midian into his hand, with all the army.”

Yahweh said to Gideon,“ The people who are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel brag against me, saying,‘ My own hand has saved me.’

For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.

How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!

and that our Good News came to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake.

even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved—

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

For, I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.

He said to them,“ Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”

He divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all them trumpets and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.He said to them,“ Watch me, and do likewise. Behold, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so you shall do.When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and shout,‘ For Yahweh and for Gideon!’”So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch. Then they blew the trumpets and broke in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands.The three companies blew the trumpets, broke the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands with which to blow; and they shouted,“ The sword of Yahweh and of Gideon!”

Remember, I beg you, that you have fashioned me as clay. Will you bring me into dust again?