고린도후서 4장 16-18절

  그러므로 우리는 낙심하지 않습니다. 우리의 겉사람은 낡아가나, 우리의 속사람은 날로 새로워집니다. 지금 우리가 겪는 일시적인 가벼운 고난은, 비교할 수 없을 정도로 영원하고 크나큰 영광을 우리에게 이루어 줍니다. 우리는 보이는 것을 바라보는 것이 아니라, 보이지 않는 것을 바라봅니다. 보이는 것은 잠깐이지만, 보이지 않는 것은 영원하기 때문입니다._새번역성경

だから、わたしたちは 落胆しません。たとえわたしたちの「外なる 人 」は 衰えていくとしても、わたしたちの「內なる 人 」は 日々新たにされていきます。わたしたちの 一時の 輕い ·難は、比べものにならないほど 重みのある 永遠の 栄光をもたらしてくれます。わたしたちは 見えるものではなく、見えないものに 目を 注ぎます。見えるものは 過ぎ 去りますが、見えないものは 永遠に 存続するからです。_新共同訳

Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal._NASB

So we’re not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace. These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish celebration prepared for us. There’s far more here than meets the eye. The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can’t see now will last forever._The Message