15. All these things are for you. And so the grace of God is being given to more and more people. This will bring more and more thanks to God for his glory.
16. So we do not give up. Our physical body is becoming older and weaker, but our spirit inside us is made new every day.
17. We have small troubles for a while now, but they are helping us gain an eternal glory. That glory is much greater than the troubles.
18. So we set our eyes not on what we see but on what we cannot see. What we see will last only a short time. But what we cannot see will last forever.