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

⁷ This treasure we have in these earthen vessels, that its all- prevailing power may be seen to come from God, and not to be our own. ⁸ Though hard pressed on every side, we are never hemmed in; through perplexed, never driven to despair; ⁹ Though pursued, never abandoned; though struck down, never killed! ¹⁰ We always bear on our bodies the marks of the death that Jesus died, so that the Life also of Jesus may be exhibited in our bodies. ¹¹ Indeed, we who still live are continually being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the Life also of Jesus may be exhibited in our mortal nature. ¹² And so, while death is at work within us, Life is at work within you. ¹³ But, in the same spirit of faith as that expressed in the words--'I believed, and therefore I spoke,' we, also believe, and therefore speak. ¹⁴ For we know that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with him, and will bring us, with you, into his presence. ¹⁵ For all this is for your sakes, that the loving-kindness of God, spreading from heart to heart, may cause yet more hearts to overflow with thanksgiving, to his glory.

¹⁶ Therefore, as I said, we do not lose heart. No, even though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. ¹⁷ The light burden of our momentary trouble is preparing for us, in measure transcending thought, a weight of imperishable glory; ¹⁸ We, all the while, gazing not on what is seen, but on what is unseen; for what is seen is transient, but what is unseen is imperishable.