2 Corinthians 4:16

Therefore we are not discouraged, but even if the outer man of us is perishing, yet the inner man is renewed day by day.

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In The King James Version

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

In Context

15For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace, which has multiplied because of the thankfulness of the many, may abound for the glory of God.

17For our slight momentary affliction works for us an eternal weight of glory from extraordinariness to extraordinariness,

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Cross References

Job 19:26And after my skin, this [body], is destroyed, then outside my flesh I shall see God,

Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Psalms 119:81My soul faints for thy salvation. I hope in thy word.

Isaiah 40:31But those who wait for LORD shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings as eagles. They shall run, and not be weary. They shall walk, and not faint.

Matthew 5:29And if thy right eye causes thee to stumble, remove it and cast it from thee, for it is advantageous for thee that one of thy body-parts should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.

Romans 7:22For I delight in the law of God according to the inner man,

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 4:9-18

The Apostles' Sufferings and Supports. ( a. d. 57.) 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 12 So then death worketh in us, but life in… Read the whole commentary →

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