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2 Corinthians 4:7-13

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7But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. 8We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 11For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body.

12So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. 13It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.” Psalm 116:10 (see Septuagint) Since we have that same spirit of Or Spirit-given faith, we also believe and therefore speak,