Enduring Affliction with Eternal Hope

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The Tanakh says, “I trusted, therefore I spoke.” Since we have that same Spirit who enables us to trust, we also trust and therefore speak;

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because we know that he who raised the Lord Yeshua will also raise us with Yeshua and bring us along with you into his presence.

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All this is for your sakes, so that as grace flows out to more and more people, it may cause thanksgiving to overflow and bring glory to God.

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This is why we do not lose courage. Though our outer self is heading for decay, our inner self is being renewed daily.

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For our light and transient troubles are achieving for us an everlasting glory whose weight is beyond description.

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We concentrate not on what is seen but on what is not seen, since things seen are temporary, but things not seen are eternal.