2 Corinthians 4:3
Good News Translation
For if the gospel we preach is hidden, it is hidden only from those who are being lost.

New Revised Standard Version
And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.

Contemporary English Version
If there is anything hidden about our message, it is hidden only to someone who is lost.

New American Bible
And even though our gospel is veiled, it is veiled for those who are perishing,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And if our gospel be also hid, it is hid to them that are lost,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And if our gospel be also hid, it is hid to them that are lost,

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Romans 2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

1 Thessalonians 1:5 For our gospel hath not been unto you in word only, but in power also: and in the Holy Ghost and in much fulness, as you know what manner of men we have been among you for your sakes.

1 Timothy 1:11 Which is according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God which hath been committed to my trust.

it is.

2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine unto them.

2 Corinthians 2:15,16 For we are the good odour of Christ unto God, in them that are saved and in them that perish. . . .

2 Corinthians 3:14 But their senses were made dull. For, until this present day, the selfsame veil, in the reading of the old testament, remaineth not taken away (because in Christ it is made void).

Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to little ones.

1 Corinthians 1:18 For the word of the cross, to them indeed that perish, is foolishness: but to them that are saved, that is, to us, it is the power of God.

2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 Whose coming is according to the working of Satan, in all power and signs and lying wonders: . . .

Context
The Light of the Gospel
2But we renounce the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness nor adulterating the word of God: but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience, in the sight of God. 3And if our gospel be also hid, it is hid to them that are lost, 4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine unto them.…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 1:18
For the word of the cross, to them indeed that perish, is foolishness: but to them that are saved, that is, to us, it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 2:6
Howbeit we speak wisdom among the perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, neither of the princes of this world that come to nought.

2 Corinthians 2:12
And when I was come to Troas for the gospel of Christ and a door was opened unto me in the Lord,

2 Corinthians 2:15
For we are the good odour of Christ unto God, in them that are saved and in them that perish.

2 Corinthians 3:14
But their senses were made dull. For, until this present day, the selfsame veil, in the reading of the old testament, remaineth not taken away (because in Christ it is made void).

2 Corinthians 4:2
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