Enduring Affliction with Eternal Hope

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And in keeping with what is written: “I believed, therefore I have spoken,” we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak,

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knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.

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All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may overflow in thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

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Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.

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For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.

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So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.