The document discusses how Jesus is the light that shines in darkness and how people prefer darkness over light. It argues that God's power is made perfect in human weakness, as Jesus was crucified in weakness but lives by God's power. Paul says he finds strength and boasts in his weaknesses because it allows Christ's power to rest on him. The power belongs to God, not humans, though God uses weak humans to show his surpassing power.

1. Power in Weakness

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John 1:5
5 The Light
shines in the
darkness, and
the darkness
did not
comprehend it.

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John 3:19-21
19 This is the judgment, that
the Light has come into the
world, and men loved the
darkness rather than the Light,
for their deeds were evil. 20 For
everyone who does evil hates
the Light, and does not come to
the Light for fear that his deeds
will be exposed. 21 But he who
practices the truth comes to the
Light, so that his deeds may be
manifested as having been
wrought in God.”

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John 8:12
12 Then Jesus again
spoke to them,
saying, “I am the
Light of the world; he
who follows Me will
not walk in the
darkness, but will
have the Light of
life.”

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2 Corinthians 4:6
6 For God, who said, “Light
shall shine out of
darkness,” is the One who
has shone in our hearts to
give the Light of the
knowledge of the glory of
God in the face of Christ.

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2 Corinthians 4:7-10

8. 2 Cor. 4:7-10
7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to
show that the surpassing power belongs to God
and not to us. 8 We are afflicted in every way, but
not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;
9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but
not destroyed; 10 always carrying in the body the
death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also
be manifested in our bodies. 11 For we who live
are always being given over to death for Jesus'
sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be
manifested in our mortal flesh. 12 So death is at
work in us, but life in you.

9. 2 Cor. 4:13-15
13 Since we have the same spirit of faith according
to what has been written, “I believed, and so I
spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak,
14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will
raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into
his presence. 15 For it is all for your sake, so that
as grace extends to more and more people it may
increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

10. 2 Cor. 4:16-18
16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self
is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed
day by day. 17 For this light momentary affliction is
preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond
all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that
are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the
things that are seen are transient, but the things
that are unseen are eternal.

11. 2 Cor. 12:9-10
9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you,
for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my
weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest
upon me. 10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am
content with weaknesses, insults, hardships,
persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak,
then I am strong.

12. 2 Cor. 13:3-4
3 since you seek proof that Christ is speaking in
me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is
powerful among you. 4 For he was crucified in
weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we
also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we
will live with him by the power of God.