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And we have this treasure in brittle vessels, that the worthiness be of God's virtue [that the highness be of God's virtue], and not of us.

In all things we suffer tribulation, but we be not anguished, or distressed; we be made poor, but we lack nothing;[a]

we suffer persecution, but we be not forsaken; we be made low, but we be not confounded; we be cast down, but we perish not.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 4:8 In all things we suffer tribulation, but we be not made strait/but we be not anguished thereby in soul; we be made poor, but we be not destitute, either cast away;

But we have this treasure in jars of clay(A) to show that this all-surpassing power is from God(B) and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side,(C) but not crushed; perplexed,(D) but not in despair; persecuted,(E) but not abandoned;(F) struck down, but not destroyed.(G)

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