2Cor 4:4, Col 1:15-16 | ESV | STEP | In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers , to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ , who is the image of God .

aSee John 12:31

b[See ver. 3 above]

c ver. 6; See Acts 26:18

dSee ch. 3:18

e Col. 1:15; [Phil. 2:6; Heb. 1:3]

fSee 2 Cor. 4:4

gSee 1 Tim. 1:17

h[Ps. 89:27]; See Rom. 8:29

j Eph. 1:10

k[Ezek. 10:1]

l Eph. 1:21

m Rom. 11:36; 1 Cor. 8:6

2 Corinthians 4:4

4 In their case ^athe god of this world ^bhas blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing ^cthe light of ^dthe gospel of the glory of Christ, ^ewho is the image of God.

Colossians 1:15-16

The Preeminence of Christ

15 ^fHe is the image of ^gthe invisible God, ^hthe firstborn of all creation. 16 For by ^{▼▼That is, by means of; or in} him all things were created, ^jin heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether ^kthrones or ^ldominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created ^mthrough him and for him.