2 Corinthians 4:8-10; Perseverance, Honour, Success
2 Corinthians 4:8-10 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed; but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
If the Apostle Paul and his team would have given up when they were troubled on every side, give up when they were perplexed and throw in the towel when persecuted and cast down, there would not be a thriving in Corinth at the time of his writing. He understood his mission. It was to fulfil His Lord’s Great Commission entrusted to him with assurance of success.