William Kelly

Then you see how strong St. Paul's personal realization of it was; he says, "I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." How much he must have had the glory present to his soul, to prefer it to "present things!" Now, he had suffered much; but it only brought the glory the brighter before him, and shows how the glory of the cross filled his soul.