“For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. — The σταθμάω (stathmāō, "weigh/compare") reveals the disproportion: present σάθηνος (pathēnos, "sufferings") are momentary and light (ἐλαφρός, elaphrós) compared to the future δόξα (doxa, "glory") soon to be revealed (ἀποκαλύπτω, apokalyptō) in the believers. The eschatological perspective radically revalues present suffering.
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