Living by Faith

¹⁶ So we do not ·give up [despair; lose heart]. Though our ·physical body [^Louter person] is ·becoming older and weaker [decaying; being destroyed], our ·spirit inside us [^Linner (person)] is ·made new [being renewed] every day. ¹⁷ ·We have small troubles for a while now, but they [^LFor our brief and insignificant trials/tribulations] are ·helping us gain [or producing in us] an eternal ·glory [^Lburden/weight of glory] that ·is much greater than [overwhelmingly exceeds] the troubles. ¹⁸ We set our eyes not on what we see but on what we cannot see. [^LFor; Because] What we see ·will last only a short time [^Lis temporary/transitory], but what we cannot see ·will last forever [^Lis eternal].