2 Corinthians 4:3

εἰ δὲ καὶ κ. τ. λ.: but even if our gospel (sc., the good news we preach; see reff.) is veiled (returning again to the metaphor of 2 Corinthians 3:12-18), it is veiled in them, that are perishing; i.e., the fault lies with the hearers, not with the preacher (cf. 2 Corinthians 6:12, and see Romans 1:28). Blass (Gram. of N.T. Greek, § 41, 2) points out that ἐν τοῖς ἀπολλυμένοις is almost equivalent to “ for them that are perishing” (cf. chap. 2 Corinthians 8:1 and 1 Corinthians 14:11 for a like use of ἐν).