For if what is passing away is glorious, much more what remains is glorious.
For even what was glorious is not glorious in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.
Therefore, having such a hope, we act with great boldness.
For this reason, since we have this ministry, just as we received mercy, we do not lose heart.
In saying “new,” He has treated the first as old; but what is being made old and aging is close to vanishing.