2 Corinthians 4:16

For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.

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

In Context

15For we go through all things on account of you, because the greater the number to whom the grace is given, the greater is the praise to the glory of God.

17For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;

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Cross References

Job 19:26And ... without my flesh I will see God;

Psalms 51:10\51:8\Make me full of joy and rapture; so that the bones which have been broken may be glad.

Psalms 119:81CAPH My soul is wasted with desire for your salvation: but I have hope in your word.

Isaiah 40:31But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.

Matthew 5:29And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

Romans 7:22In my heart I take pleasure in the law of God,

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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