But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
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Jerome
AD 420
We have a treasure in such vessels of clay. There are many who construe this last expression in reference to the body and to the Holy Spirit, meaning, of course, that we possess a treasure in earthen vessels. There is certainly that interpretation, but I think the better treasury concept is that we have a most precious treasure in vessels of clay symbolizing the homely words of the Scripture. ().
