2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light affliction which is but for a moment, causeth vnto vs a farre most excellent and an eternall waight of glorie:
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16Therefore we faint not, but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed daily.
Cross References
Genesis 15:1After these things, the worde of the Lord came vnto Abram in a vision, saying, Feare not, Abram, I am thy buckler, and thine exceeding great reward.
Psalms 30:5For he endureth but a while in his anger: but in his fauour is life: weeping may abide at euening, but ioy commeth in the morning.
Psalms 73:24Thou wilt guide me by thy counsell, and afterward receiue me to glory.
Psalms 119:71It is good for me that I haue beene afflicted, that I may learne thy statutes.
Isaiah 64:4For since the beginning of the world they haue not heard nor vnderstande with the eare, neither hath ye eye seene another God beside thee, which doeth so to him that waiteth for him.
Luke 6:23Reioyce ye in that day, and be glad: for beholde, your reward is great in heauen: for after this maner their fathers did 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 →