2 Corinthians 4:7

2 Corinthians 4:7. That the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

If angels had been commissioned to preach the gospel, we might have attributed some of its power to their superior intelligence, and if only those had been called to preach the gospel who were men of great intellect and of profound learning, we might have considered that the talent of man was the essential qualification for a preacher. But when God selects, as he often does, nay, as he always does; earthen vessels, and some that seem more manifestly earthen than others, then the excellency of the power is unquestionably seen to be of God, and not of us. In Paul’s case, the earthiness of the vessel appeared in the trouble which he had to bear.