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 # this momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal burden of glory
 
-Paul speaks of his sufferings and the glory that God will give him as if they were objects that can be weighed. He uses irony to call affliction, which people usually think of as if it were a heavy burden, a light burden and glory, which people usually think of as relief from suffering, as if it were a heavy burden. 
+Paul speaks of his sufferings and the glory that God will give him as if they were objects that can be weighed.
 
 # that exceeds all measurement