In this lecture on 2 Corinthians 4:7-12, Fr. Gabriel explores Paul's powerful image of "this treasure in earthen vessels" — the glory of God placed within the humble, breakable container of human life — connecting it to the broader theme of God's progressive revelation from the Old Testament through Christ and into our own experience. He discusses how we behold the face of Christ in icons, in prayer, and in the people around us (drawing from Christ's words "whatever you did to the least of these, you did to me"), and then turns to Paul's paradox of apostolic suffering: that the apostle is always carrying about in his body the dying of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may be revealed, a pattern of self-sacrificial love that extends to every Christian who lays down their life — whether through family, service, or dedicated prayer — so that life may work in others.