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

⁷ But I have this treasure in a mere ear then jar, to show that its amazing power belongs to God and not to me. ⁸ I am hard pressed on every side, but never cut off: perplexed, but not driven to despair; ⁹ routed, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed; ¹⁰ never free from the danger of being put to death like Jesus, so that in my body the life of Jesus also may be seen. ¹¹ For every day I live I am being given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be visible in my mortal nature. ¹² So it is death that operates in my case, but life that operates in yours. ¹³ In the same spirit of faith as his who said, "I believed, and so I spoke," I too believe, and so I speak, ¹⁴ sure that he who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will raise me also like Jesus, and bring me side by side with you into his presence. ¹⁵ For it is all for your benefit, in order that as God's favor reaches greater and greater numbers, it may result in more and more thanksgiving in praise of God.

¹⁶ So I never lose heart. Though my outer nature is wasting away, my inner is being renewed every day. ¹⁷ For this slight, momentary trouble is piling up for me an eternal blessedness beyond all comparison, ¹⁸ because I keep my eyes not on what is seen but what is unseen. For what is seen is transitory, but what is unseen is eternal.