For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this
all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every
side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not
abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death
of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given
over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our
mortal body. So then, death is at work
in us, but life is at work in you.
It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” Since
we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak, because
we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us
with Jesus and present us with you to himself. All this is for your benefit, so that the
grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow
to the glory of God.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are
wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and
momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs
them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since
what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:6-18
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