for this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 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...

so we do not lose heart. though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. [2 corinthians 4:16]   does your inner life depend on your external circumstances?   there is a big difference between scriptural happiness and joy:...

13 since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “i believed, and so i spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak, 14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. 15...

10 always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. 11 for 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. 12 so...

but we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; [2...

for what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. for God, who said, “let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus...

and even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. in their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. [2 corinthians...

therefore let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the gentiles; they will listen.” [acts 28:28]   to live in the ancient near-east was to believe that the main thing that identified your ethnicity was what god you believed in.   if...

therefore they could not believe. for again isaiah said, “he has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.” isaiah said these things because he saw his glory and spoke...

and disagreeing among themselves, they departed after paul had made one statement: “the Holy Spirit was right in saying to your fathers through isaiah the prophet: “‘go to this people, and say, “you will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but...