Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

But until this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds,

For he says, “I heard you at the acceptable time, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Look, now is the acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation!

just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Three times I was beaten with a rod. Once I received a stoning. Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night and a day I spent adrift in the open sea.

But their minds were closed. For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away.

At the present time, your abundance will meet their need, so that one day their abundance may also meet your need, and thus there may be equality,

For in this earthly house we groan, because we desire to put on our heavenly dwelling,

Apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxious concern for all the churches.