2 Corinthians 4: 7 - 15
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But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.
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| 8
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We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;
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| 9
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persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;
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| 10
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always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
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| 11
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For while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
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| 12
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So death is at work in us, but life in you.
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| 13
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Since we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote, "I believed, and so I spoke," we too believe, and so we speak,
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| 14
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knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.
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| 15
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For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
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