13 We have the same spirit of faith. As it is written, “I believed, and therefore I have spoken.” So we also believe and therefore speak,
14 knowing that He who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us through Jesus and will present us with you.
15 All these things are for your sakes, so that the abundant grace through the thanksgiving of many might overflow to the glory of God.
16 For this reason we do not lose heart: Even though our outward man is perishing, yet our inward man is being renewed day by day.
17 Our light affliction, which lasts but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,
18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.