Paul was a wise man

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
It is written: "I believed; therefore I have spoken." Sine we have that same spirit of faith, we also believe and therefore speak.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
For HIS love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded HIM in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in HIM, there is a new creation: The old has gone, the new has come! All this is from HIM, who reconciled us to himself through his Son and gave us the job of reconciliation. We are therefore His ambassadors, as though He were making his appeal through us. We implore you on His behalf: Be reconciled to Him.