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7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.
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7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.
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8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;
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8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
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9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;
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9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
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10 always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
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10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
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11 For while we live we are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
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11 For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body.
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12 So death is at work in us, but life in you.
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12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
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13 Since we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote, "I believed, and so I spoke," we too believe, and so we speak,
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13 It is written: "I believed; therefore I have spoken." With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak,
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14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.
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14 because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in his presence.
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15 For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
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15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
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16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed every day.
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16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
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