“For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”
For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Christ — the creation narrative (Gen 1:3) is paralleled with spiritual illumination. God's word that spoke light into cosmological darkness now speaks light into human hearts. The final phrase echoes 3:18: Christ's face reveals God's glory.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 4:6
“Seeing it is God that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in your hearts.” Do you see how again to those who were desirous of seeing that surpassing glory, I mean that of Moses, he shows it flashing with added lustre ? 'As upon the face of Moses, so also has it shined unto your hearts,' he says. And first, he puts them in mind of what was made in the beginning of the Creation, sensible light and darkness sensible, showing that this creation is greater. And…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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