9. We are persecuted, but God does not leave us. We are hurt sometimes, but we are not destroyed.
10. So we constantly experience the death of Jesus in our own bodies, but this is so that the life of Jesus can also be seen in our bodies.
11. We are alive, but for Jesus we are always in danger of death, so that the life of Jesus can be seen in our bodies that die.
12. So death is working in us, but the result is that life is working in you.
13. The Scriptures say, “I believed, so I spoke.” Our faith is like that too. We believe, and so we speak.
14. God raised the Lord Jesus from death, and we know that he will also raise us with Jesus. God will bring us together with you, and we will stand before him.
15. All these things are for you. And so the grace of God is being given to more and more people. This will bring more and more thanks to God for his glory.
16. That is why we never give up. Our physical body is becoming older and weaker, but our spirit inside us is made new every day.
17. We have small troubles for a while now, but these troubles are helping us gain an eternal glory. That eternal glory is much greater than our troubles.
18. So we think about what we cannot see, not what we see. What we see lasts only a short time, and what we cannot see will last forever.