2Cor 4:7-12 | TNotes | STEP | 4:7 The message of good news is like great treasure , but it is housed in fragile clay jars — our weak bodies. This insight gives purpose to suffering (4:8

a4:7►

b4:8–5:10►

c4:11►

d4:14►

e4:12►

f1 Cor 15:30►

gCol 1:24►

h2 Tim 2:10►

‏ 2 Corinthians 4:7-12

4:7 ^a The message of good news is like great treasure, but it is housed in fragile clay jars—our weak bodies. This insight gives purpose to suffering (4:8–5:10 ^b).
4:11 ^c Believers often share the humiliation of the Lord with confidence that they will also share in his triumphant risen life (4:14 ^d).
4:12 ^e Through his life of danger and exposure to mortal peril (see 1 Cor 15:30 ^f), Paul was reinforcing the faith of the Christians in the churches that he founded (cp. Col 1:24 ^g; 2 Tim 2:10 ^h).