Since therefore this part of God's service has been given to us, even
as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart. But we have refused
to have anything to do with hidden and shameful methods. We do not act
with unscrupulous cleverness. We do not adulterate the word which God
gave us to preach. B... [ Continue Reading ]
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the power which
surpasses all things may be seen to be of God and not of us. We are
sore pressed at every point, but not hemmed in. We are at our wit's
end, but never at our hope's end. We are persecuted by men, but never
abandoned by God. We are... [ Continue Reading ]
That is the reason why we do not grow weary. But if indeed our outward
frame is wasting away, our inward self is renewed day by day, for the
light affliction which at the moment we must endure produces for us in
a way that cannot be exaggerated an eternal weight of glory, so long
as we do not think... [ Continue Reading ]