⁶ For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”^[a](A) made his light shine in our hearts^(B) to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.^(C)

⁷ But we have this treasure in jars of clay^(D) to show that this all-surpassing power is from God^(E) and not from us. ⁸ We are hard pressed on every side,^(F) but not crushed; perplexed,^(G) but not in despair; ⁹ persecuted,^(H) but not abandoned;^(I) struck down, but not destroyed.^{(J) 10} We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus,^(K) so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.^{(L) 11} For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake,^(M) so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. ¹² So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.^(N)

¹³ It is written: “I believed; therefore I have spoken.”^[b](O) Since we have that same spirit of^[c] faith,^(P) we also believe and therefore speak, ¹⁴ because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead^(Q) will also raise us with Jesus^(R) and present us with you to himself.^{(S) 15} All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving^(T) to overflow to the glory of God.