6. The God who said, “Out of darkness the light shall shine!” is the same God who made his light shine in our hearts, to bring us the knowledge of God's glory shining in the face of Christ.
7. Yet we who have this spiritual treasure are like common clay pots, in order to show that the supreme power belongs to God, not to us.
8. We are often troubled, but not crushed; sometimes in doubt, but never in despair;
9. there are many enemies, but we are never without a friend; and though badly hurt at times, we are not destroyed.