“And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not of us,”— 2 Corinthians 4:7 (LSV)
4in whom the god of this age blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that there does not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;
5for we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus—LORD, and [we are] ourselves your servants because of Jesus;
6because [it is] God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who shined in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not of us,
8being in tribulation in every [way], but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing;
9persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
10at all times carrying around in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body,