2 Corinthians 4:7-18 - Treasure In Earthenware Jars
7 but this treasure is lodg'd in such earthen vessels as we are, that the exceeding efficacy of it may appear to be from God, and not from us. 8 I am press'd on every side, yet not crush'd; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; dejected, but not destroyed; 10 always bearing about in my body the marks of sufferings like those of Jesus, so that Jesus might be plainly prov'd to be alive by the sufferings of my body. 11 for as long as I live I shall be exposed to death for the sake of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest by the preservation of our mortal life. 12 so that I suffer the influences of his death, while you only feel the effects of his life. 13 Having by the same spirit the same faith as David had when he said, "I believed, and therefore have I spoken:" I also believe, and therefore I speak; 14 knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus, shall raise up me also by Jesus, and shall present me with you: 15 for all things are for your sakes, that the grace which was conferr'd upon many, might by the gratitude of so many, redound to the glory of God.
16 for which cause I am not discouraged, but tho' my body decays, yet my mind is daily renewed. 17 for the light affliction, which I at present suffer, will be infinitely over-ballanced by an eternal weight of glory; 18 for I have no regard to the things which are visible, but to such as are invisible: since visible things are temporary, but the invisible are eternal.