2 Corinthians 4:6-11, 16, 17
Psalms 59:2, 10, 17-18
Matthew 16:24-27
2 Corinthians 4:6-11, 16, 17
(6) For God, who told the light to shine out of darkness, has shined a light into our hearts, to illuminate the knowledge of the splendor of God, in the person of Christ Jesus (7) But we hold this treasure in earthen vessels, so that what is sublime may be of the power of God, and not of us (8) In all things, we endure tribulation, yet we are not in anguish. We are constrained, yet we are not destitute (9) We suffer persecution, yet we have not been abandoned. We are thrown down, yet we do not perish (10) We ever carry around the mortification of Jesus in our bodies, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies (11) For we who live are ever handed over unto death for the sake of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our mortal flesh (16) For this reason, we are not insufficient. But it is as though our outer man is corrupted, while our inner man is renewed from day to day (17) For though our tribulation is, at the present time, brief and light, it accomplishes in us the weight of a sublime eternal glory, beyond measure
Psalms 59:2, 10, 17-18
(2) when he set fire to Mesopotamia of Syria and Sobal, and Joab turned back and struck Idumea, in the valley of the salt pits, twelve thousand men (10) Moab is the cooking pot of my hope. Into Idumea, I will extend my shoe. To me, the foreigners have been made subject
Matthew 16:24-27
(24) Then Jesus said to his disciples: “If anyone is willing to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me (25) For whoever would save his life, will lose it. But whoever will have lost his life for my sake, shall find it (26) For how does it benefit a man, if he gains the whole world, yet truly suffers damage to his soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul (27) For the Son of man will arrive in the glory of his Father, with his Angels. And then he will repay each one according to his works
