The Gospel of Jesus Christ did not come about without extraordinary human sacrifice. The Apostles spent their lives dying to their own ambitions so that the truth of the gospel of grace could be given to others. Just as they were called, we are called to die to self and abound in Christ through the transforming power of the Holy Spirit. Christ in us the hope of glory!
Had Paul not been willing to risk death to bring the gospel to Corinth, the Corinthians would not have received eternal life. His belief in the gospel compelled him to tell others.
In ancient times it was a common practice to bury treasures inside clay jars. Two recent discoveries of biblical manuscripts—the Chester Beatty Papyrus and some of the Dead Sea Scrolls—reveal that these manuscripts were hidden away in jars for nearly two thousand years. As these treasures were enclosed in earthen vessels, so the indwelling Christ lives within our earthly bodies.
4:10 always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. 11 For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 12 So then death is working in us, but life in you.
13 And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed and therefore I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak, 14 knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you. 15 For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
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