2 Corinthians 4:7-9

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁷ But we have this treasure^[a] in earthen vessels, to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us. ⁸ We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; ⁹ persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;