"...we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the
power may be of God and not of us. We are
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hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed...
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perplexed, but not in despair
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persecuted, but not forsaken;
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struck down, but not destroyed
— always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life
of Jesus also may be manifested in our body."
2
Corinthians 4:7-10
"Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is
perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.
"For our light affliction, which is but for
a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight
of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at
the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are
temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal."
2 Corinthians
4:16-18