Who are the lost in 2 Corinthians 4:3?
In 2 Corinthians 4:3, the lost are the world outside of us, people going about their busy lifestyle without the gospel. Verse 4 identifies them as those who believe not, whose minds the god of this world has blinded. They are not merely church absentees or Bible non-readers, but those who will not believe.
Les explains that 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 describes the lost as the world outside of us, going up and down in their busy lifestyle. Verse 4 clarifies that the god of this world has blinded the minds of them who believe not. Les emphasizes that it does not say the blinded are those who haven't joined the church or don't read their Bible, but rather those who will not believe.
2 Corinthians 4:3
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: