2 Corinthians 4:3 - Exposition

But if our gospel be hid. This is added to avoid the semblance of a contradiction. He has spoken of "manifestation of the truth," and yet has spoken of all Jews as unable to see it because they will not remove from their hearts the veil which hides it from them. How can "a veiled gospel" be a "manifested truth"? The answer is that the gospel is bright, but the eyes that should gaze on it are wilfully closed. Similarly in 2 Corinthians 2:16 , he has compared the gospel to a fragrance of life, yet to the doomed captives—"to the perishing"—it comes "like a waft from the charnel house." A better rendering would be, But even if our gospel ( 1 Corinthians 15:1 ; Romans 2:16 ) is a veiled one . it is veiled only among the perishing . Be hid; rather, has been veiled . To them that are lost; rather, to the perishing (see note on 2 Corinthians 2:15 ).