2 Corinthians 4:7
Douay-Rheims
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency may be of the power of God, and not of us.
Clement of Alexandria
This visible appearance cheats death and the devil; for the wealth within, the beauty, is unseen by them. And they rave about the carcase, which they despise as weak, being blind to the wealth within; knowing not what a "treasure in an earthen vessel" we bear, protected as it is by the power of God the Father, and the blood of God the Son, and the dew of the Holy Spirit.
Source details
A.D. 215 · on 2Cor 4:7 (Who is the Rich Man that Shall Be Saved?)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.