But we have this treasure
in earthen vessels,
that the excellency
of the power
may be of God, and not of us.
We are troubled on every side,
yet not distressed;
we are perplexed,
but not in despair;
Persecuted, but not forsaken;
cast down, but not destroyed.
2 Corinthians 4:7-9
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