2 Corinthians 4:7–18

Treasure in Jars of Clay

⁷But we have this treasure in ^pjars of clay, ^qto show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. ⁸We are ^rafflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; ⁹persecuted, but ^snot forsaken; ^tstruck down, but not destroyed; ^10ualways carrying in the body the death of Jesus, ^vso that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our bodies. ¹¹For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. ¹²So ^wdeath is at work in us, but life in you.

¹³Since we have ^xthe same spirit of faith according to what has been written, ^y“I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak, ¹⁴knowing that ^zhe who raised the Lord Jesus ^awill raise us also with Jesus and ^bbring us with you into his presence. ¹⁵For ^cit is all for your sake, so that as ^dgrace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, ^eto the glory of God.

¹⁶So we do not lose heart. ^fThough our outer self⁴ is wasting away, ^gour inner self ^his being renewed day by day. ¹⁷For ⁱthis light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, ^18jas we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.