¹⁶ Therefore we ^(A)do not lose heart, but though our outer person is decaying, yet our ^(B)inner person is ^(C)being renewed day by day. ¹⁷ For our momentary, ^(D)light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, ¹⁸ while we ^(E)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.

The Temporal and Eternal

5 For we know that if our ^[a](F)earthly ^(G)tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house ^(H)not made by hands, eternal in the heavens. ² For indeed, in this tent we ^(I)groan, longing to be ^(J)clothed with our ^[b]dwelling from heaven, ³ since in fact after putting it on, we will not be found naked. ⁴ For indeed, we who are in this tent ^(K)groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be ^(L)clothed, so that what is ^(M)mortal will be swallowed up by life. ⁵ Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who ^(N)gave us the Spirit as a ^[c]pledge.