“But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:”
And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing — Paul acknowledges that the gospel's concealment occurs not because of failure but because hearers are perishing (tois apollymenois). The veil from 3:13-17 recurs here, now applied to the gospel's reception.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 4:3
“But if our Gospel is veiled, it is veiled in them that are lost; in whom the God of this world has blinded the eyes of the unbelieving.” As he said also before, “To some a savor from death unto death, to others a savor from life unto life,” 2 Corinthians 2:16 so he says here too. But what is “the God of this world?” Those that are infected with Marcion's notions , affirm that this is said of the Creator, the just only, and not good; for they say that there is a certain God,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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