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10 We always carry around the death of Jesus in our bodies so that the life of Jesus is also shown in our bodies.
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We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
11 While we are alive, we are constantly handed over to death for Jesus' sake so that the life of Jesus is also shown in our mortal nature.
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For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body.
12 Death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
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So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
13 The following is written, "I believed; therefore, I spoke." We have that same spirit of faith. We also believe; therefore, we also speak.
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It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” Since we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak,
14 We know that the one who brought the Lord Jesus back to life will also bring us back to life through Jesus. He will present us to God together with you.
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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 to himself.
15 All this is for your sake so that, as God's kindness overflows in the lives of many people, it will produce even more thanksgiving to the glory of God.
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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.
16 That is why we are not discouraged. Though outwardly we are wearing out, inwardly we are renewed day by day.
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Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
17 Our suffering is light and temporary and is producing for us an eternal glory that is greater than anything we can imagine.
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For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
18 We don't look for things that can be seen but for things that can't be seen. Things that can be seen are only temporary. But things that can't be seen last forever.
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So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
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