2 Corinthians 4:17

For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;

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For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

In Context

16For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.

18While our minds are not on the things which are seen, but on the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are for a time; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

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Cross References

Genesis 15:1After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.

Psalms 30:5\30:4\Make songs to the Lord, O you saints of his, and give praise to his holy name.

Psalms 73:24Your wisdom will be my guide, and later you will put me in a place of honour.

Psalms 119:71It is good for me to have been through trouble; so that I might come to the knowledge of your rules.

Luke 6:23Be glad in that day, and be lifted up for joy, for your reward in heaven will be great: for their fathers did these same things to the prophets.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 4:9-18

The Apostles' Sufferings and Supports. ( a. d. 57.) 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 12 So then death worketh in us, but life in… Read the whole commentary →

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