2 Corinthians 4:7-18 - Treasure In Earthenware Jars

⁷ But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the excellence of the power may be of God and not from us, ⁸ restricted in everything, yet not confined, perplexed but not despairing, ⁹ persecuted but not forsaken, cast down but not destroyed. ¹⁰ Always carrying around in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, so that also the life of Jesus may be made visible in our body. ¹¹ For we who live are always given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that also the life of Jesus may be made visible in our mortal flesh. ¹² So death indeed works in us, but life in you. ¹³ And having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, I believed, therefore I spoke, we also believe, and therefore we speak, ¹⁴ knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up through Jesus, and will present us with you. ¹⁵ For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace, which has multiplied because of the thankfulness of the many, may abound for the glory of God.

¹⁶ Therefore we are not discouraged, but even if the outer man of us is perishing, yet the inner man is renewed day by day. ¹⁷ For our slight momentary affliction works for us an eternal weight of glory from extraordinariness to extraordinariness, ¹⁸ while we look not at things seen, but at things not seen. For things seen are temporal, but things not seen are eternal.