⁵ For if we have been united with him in the likeness of his death,^(A) we will certainly also be^[a] in the likeness of his resurrection.

³⁶ As it is written:

Treasure in Clay Jars

⁷ Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power^(A) may be from God and not from us. ⁸ We are afflicted in every way but not crushed; we are perplexed but not in despair; ⁹ we are persecuted but not abandoned; we are struck down but not destroyed. ¹⁰ We always carry the death of Jesus^(B) in our body, so that the life of Jesus may also be displayed in our body. ¹¹ For we who live are always being given over to death^(C) for Jesus’s sake, so that Jesus’s life may also be displayed in our mortal flesh. ¹² So then, death is at work in us, but life in you.

⁹ But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power^(A) is perfected in weakness.”^(B)

Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me. ¹⁰ So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and in difficulties, for the sake of Christ.^(C) For when I am weak, then I am strong.^(D)

¹⁷ From now on, let no one cause me trouble, because I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.^(A)