2 Corinthians 4

Thank you, father, for your provision to me of yourself. I am like a clay jar filled with a treasure who is your very presence. He is your Holy Spirit who dwells in me and with me forever.

There is light and divine glory in me now. You lead me, and you illumine the things of life for me in such a way that I know the power is of you and not of me.

So, in this world I am hard-pressed, but because of your Spirit in me, I can’t be crushed. Sometimes I am perplexed, but I am not in despair.

I am always reckoning myself dead to my flesh and alive in Christ, and the life of Jesus is manifested in my mortal flesh. Death is working in my human flesh, but divine eternal life is working in my spirit man.

I know that you, Holy Spirit, who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise me up at your appointed time, and you will present me to God, my father. Then thanksgiving will abound, and God, our father, will be glorified. With this promise I am renewed every day.