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2 Corinthians 4:3

King James Version (KJV)

But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

Translations

2 Corinthians 4:3 - Amplified Bible

But even if our Gospel (the glad tidings) also be hidden (obscured and covered up with a veil that hinders the knowledge of God), it is hidden [only] to those who are perishing {and} obscured [only] to those who are spiritually dying {and} veiled [only] to those who are lost.

2 Corinthians 4:3 - American Standard Version

And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in them that perish:

2 Corinthians 4:3 - Bible in Basic English

But if our good news is veiled, it is veiled from those who are on the way to destruction:

2 Corinthians 4:3 - Darby Bible

But if also our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in those that are lost;

2 Corinthians 4:3 - English Standard Version

And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing.

2 Corinthians 4:3 - King James Version

But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

2 Corinthians 4:3 - La Biblia de las Americas

Y si todavìa nuestro evangelio está velado, para los que se pierden está velado,

2 Corinthians 4:3 - The Message

If our Message is obscure to anyone, it’s not because we’re holding back in any way. No, it’s because these other people are looking or going the wrong way and refuse to give it serious attention. All they have eyes for is the fashionable god of darkness. They think he can give them what they want, and that they won’t have to bother believing a Truth they can’t see. They’re stone-blind to the dayspring brightness of the Message that shines with Christ, who gives us the best picture of God we’ll ever get.

2 Corinthians 4:3 - New American Standard Bible

And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,

2 Corinthians 4:3 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Y si todavìa nuestro evangelio está velado, para los que se pierden está velado,

2 Corinthians 4:3 - World English Bible

Even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish;

2 Corinthians 4:3 - Young's Living Translation

and if also our good news is vailed, in those perishing it is vailed,

2 Corinthians 4:3 - Additional Comments

Just before this chapter, at the end of chapter 3 (verse 12-18), it talked about the veil that Moses wore, and how we see the Lord without a veil. But to those who are perishing, there is a veil preventing them from seeing the Lord clearly.

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