2 Corinthians 4:16

Wherefore we faint not; but if indeed our outward man is consumed, yet the inward is renewed day by day.

Darby Translation

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, that the grace abounding through the many may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

17For our momentary [and] light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory;

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Cross References

Job 19:26And [if] after my skin this shall be destroyed, yet from out of my flesh shall I see God;

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

Psalms 119:81CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; I hope in thy word.

Isaiah 40:31but they that wait upon Jehovah shall renew [their] strength: they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not tire; they shall walk, and not faint.

Matthew 5:29But if thy right eye be a snare to thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.

Romans 7:22For I delight in the law of God according to the inward 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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