2 Corinthians 4:17
For that which is at present momentary and light of our tribulation, worketh for us above measure exceedingly an eternal weight of glory.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Genesis 15:1Now when these things were done, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying: Fear not, Abram, I am thy protector, and thy reward exceeding great.
Psalms 30:5Sing to the Lord, O ye his saints: and give praise to the memory of his holiness.
Psalms 73:24Thou hast held me by my right hand; and by thy will thou hast conducted me, and with thy glory thou hast received me.
Isaiah 64:4From the beginning of the world they have not heard, nor perceived with the ears: the eye hath not seen, O God, besides thee, what things thou hast prepared for them that wait for thee.
Luke 6:23Be glad in that day and rejoice; for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For according to these things did their fathers 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 →