II Corinthians 4:16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as 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.
As Paul continues to deal gently with this resistant and rebellious church, he begins by sharing his response to such resistance: he fails to lose heart, grow faint, and give up. There is no twisting of God's Word; the Devil is doing that as he fights back against the Gospel. Paul continues after these verses with vivid imagery of who we are as God's servants: the light in the darkness, fragile clay pots which have inside of us the greatest treasure, vessels of grace and faith allowing Christ to work within. The verses above conclude the chapter with a call that I have made my own. Maybe they will ring true with you.
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