2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Treasure in Jars of Clay

¹⁶ So we do not lose heart. _f Though our outer self ₁ is wasting away, _g our inner self _h is being renewed day by day. ¹⁷ For _i this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, ¹⁸ _j as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

1. Cross References
   Acts 20:24
   But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
   
2. Cross References
   Romans 7:22
   For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being.
   
3. Cross References
   Isaiah 40:30 - 31
   Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted.
   Romans 12:2
   Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
   
4. Cross References
   Romans 8:18
   For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
   1 Peter 1:6
   In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials.
   1 Peter 5:10
   And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
   Psalms 30:5
   For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
   Isaiah 54:7
   For a brief moment I deserted you, but with great compassion I will gather you.
   
5. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 5:7
   For we walk by faith, not by sight.
   Romans 8:24
   For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?
   Hebrews 11:1
   Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
   Hebrews 11:13
   These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.