2 Corinthians 4:16

Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet the inward man is renewed 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 all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound unto the glory of God.

17For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

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Cross References

Job 19:26And after my skin, even this body, is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;

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

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

Isaiah 40:31but they that wait for Jehovah 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 causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.

Romans 7:22For I delight in the law of God after 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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