ISB ~ 2 Corinthians 4 v17

weight of glory:Alludes to the Hebrew notion of “glory” (kabod), which is conceptualized as the heaviness of God’s Divine Being.

beyond all comparison:The trials and tribulations of life, and even its most crushing misfortunes, will fade into nothing when the glory of heaven dawns on the saints (Rom 8:18).

• Paul endured many unbearable hardships as light burdens, not because they were light in themselves, but because he knew they were borne for the sake of the Lord. Joined with the expectation of future glory, the love of God lessens the intensity of our troubles and prevents us from having any sense of them (St. John Chrysostom, Homilies on Genesis 25, 17).