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13 We have the same faithful spirit as what is written in scripture: I had faith, and so I spoke. We also have faith, and so we also speak.
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But just as we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture—"I believed, and so I spoke"—we also believe, and so we speak,
14 We do this because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus, and he will bring us into his presence along with you.
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because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will bring us with you into his presence.
15 All these things are for your benefit. As grace increases to benefit more and more people, it will cause gratitude to increase, which results in God's glory.
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Yes, everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
16 So we aren't depressed. But even if our bodies are breaking down on the outside, the person that we are on the inside is being renewed every day.
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So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day.
17 Our temporary minor problems are producing an eternal stockpile of glory for us that is beyond all comparison.
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For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure,
18 We don't focus on the things that can be seen but on the things that can't be seen. The things that can be seen don't last, but the things that can't be seen are eternal.
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because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.
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