Catholic Public Domain Version
"For though our tribulation is, at the present time, brief and light, it accomplishes in us the weight of a sublime eternal glory, beyond measure. "
— 2 Corinthians 4:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;”
“For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory; ”
“For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;”
“For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison”
“For that which is at present momentary and light of our tribulation worketh for us above measure, exceedingly an eternal weight of glory.”
“For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;”
“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;”
For we know that the One who raised up Jesus will raise us up also with Jesus and will place us with you.
Thus, all is for you, so that grace, abounding through many in thanksgiving, may abound to the glory of God.
For this reason, we are not insufficient. But it is as though our outer man is corrupted, while our inner man is renewed from day to day.
For though our tribulation is, at the present time, brief and light, it accomplishes in us the weight of a sublime eternal glory, beyond measure.
And we are contemplating, not the things that are seen, but the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are temporal, whereas the things that are not seen are eternal.