2 Cor 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 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.

"‘What is seen,’ therefore, relates to our anthropological existence in the present age, in which we—along with Paul—inhabit an earthly tent-house and in which we—again with Paul—aresubject to ‘suffering.’ By contrast, ‘what is not seen’ is the yet-to-be-revealed ‘building from God’ that will belong to the coming age, the incomparable, weighty, and eternal glory of God. Thus, we do not focus on the present time,including its suffering and disappointment. Rather, we fix our gaze—metaphorically speaking—on the glorious hopethat will be realized in the age to come. As we do so, God will re-create our ‘inner person,’ even though our ‘outerperson’ is decaying” - Paul Barnett