An Eternal Weight of Glory

4:7 But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power15 belongs to God and does not come from us. 4:8 We are experiencing trouble on every side,16 but are not crushed; we are perplexed,17 but not driven to despair; 4:9 we are persecuted, but not abandoned;18 we are knocked down,19 but not destroyed, 4:10 always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus,20 so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible21 in our body. 4:11 For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible22 in our mortal body.23 4:12 As a result,24 death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.25 4:13 But since we have the same spirit of faith as that shown in26 what has been written, “I believed; therefore I spoke,”27 we also believe, therefore we also speak. 4:14 We do so28 because we know that the one who raised up Jesus29 will also raise us up with Jesus and will bring us with you into his presence. 4:15 For all these things are for your sake, so that the grace that is including30 more and more people may cause thanksgiving to increase31 to the glory of God. 4:16 Therefore we do not despair,32 but even if our physical body33 is wearing away, our inner person34 is being renewed day by day. 4:17 For our momentary, light suffering35 is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison 4:18 because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.