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I. TO WHOM THE GOSPEL IS HID.

1. To those who deny its Divine authority.

2. To those who are ignorant of its peculiar doctrines.

3. To all those who do not obey it, however extensive and correct may be their views of its doctrines.

II. THE DANGER OF THEIR CONDITION.

1. The blindness of those to whom the gospel is hid is voluntary and criminal. It cannot be ascribed to the want of light.

2. Their danger is increased by the measure of light and evidence which they resist.

3. No other means will be used for their salvation but those which have been tried and proved ineffectual.

4. They are in danger of being given up of God, to continued ignorance and error.

(N. W. Taylor, D. D.)

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KJV: But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

WEB: Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish;