For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
There is no cause to lose heart under the cross, since its issue brings salvation not to myself alone but to others. The outward man, everything belonging to earthly life, riches, honors, strength, not merely the body, wastes away; but the inner man is renewed day by day, and therein lies our courage.
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Troubled on every side, yet not distressed; perplexed, yet not in despair; persecuted, yet not forsaken of God. Whatever condition God's children face in this world, they have a 'but not' to comfort themselves with, their case is bad, but never so bad as it might be, for God supports and delivers.
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Commenting on 2 Corinthians 4:8-18
Present afflictions are mean and despicable in the world's eyes, poverty, disgrace, persecution for Christ's sake, yet set against the future glory that awaits. That glory, wherein we commune with Father, Son, and Spirit, so vastly exceeds all earthly kingdoms and riches that they are but faint resemblances of it.
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