2 Corinthians 4:6 - Exposition

Who commanded the light to shine out of darkness. The argument of the verse is that God, who created the material light ( Genesis 1:3 ) and who is the Father of lights ( James 1:1 ) and sent his Son to be the Light of the world ( John 8:12 ), did not shine in our hearts for our sakes only, or that we might hide the light under a bushel for ourselves, but that we might transmit and reflect it. There is an implied comparison between the creation of light and the dawn of the gospel light, and each of these was meant for the good of all the world. The verse should be rendered, if we follow the best manuscripts, "Because it is God, who said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shone in our hearts for the illumination of the knowledge of the glory of God." In the face of Jesus Christ (see 2 Corinthians 2:10 ; 2 Corinthians 3:7 ). Probably, however, there is a reference to the glory of God, not as reflected from the face of Christ, but as concentrated in and beaming from it ( Hebrews 1:2 ).