Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
For--proof that we are true servants of Jesus unto you.
commanded the light--Greek, "By speaking the word, commanded light" (Genesis 1:3).
hath shined--rather, as Greek, "is He who shined." (It is God) who commanded light, etc., that shined, etc., (Job 37:15): Himself our Light and Sun, as well as the Creator of light (Malachi 4:2; John 8:12). The physical world answers to the spiritual.
in our hearts--in themselves dark.
to give the light--that is, to propagate to others the light, etc., which is in us (compare Note, see on 2 Corinthians 4:4).
the glory of God--answering to "the glory of Christ" (see on 2 Corinthians 4:4).
in the face of Jesus Christ--Some of the oldest manuscripts retain "Jesus." Others omit it. Christ is the manifestation of the glory of God, as His image (John 14:9). The allusion is still to the brightness on Moses' "face." The only true and full manifestation of God's brightness and glory is "in the face of Jesus" (Hebrews 1:3).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Song of Solomon 4:16
Isaiah 4:5
Haggai 2:9
John 1:14
2 Corinthians 2:15
2 Corinthians 4:4
Galatians 1:16
Ephesians 1:18
Colossians 3:10
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