- The light of Christ shines in our hearts...but does so as through an earthen jar.
- We are afflicted...but not crushed.
- We are perplexed...but not driven to despair.
- We are persecuted...but not forsaken.
- We are struck down...but not destroyed.
- We always carry the death of Jesus around in our bodies...so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies.
- Death is at work in us...but life is at work in those we serve.
- Our outer nature is wasting away...but our inner nature is being renewed day by day.
- We are momentarily afflicted...but we await an eternal glory.
Living in the tension between these contrasts is what it means to live as a Christian in a fallen world!
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