2 Corinthians 4:16

for this reason, we do not faint, but if our outward man also decays, yet the inward 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] because of you, that the grace having been multiplied, because of the thanksgiving of the more, may abound to the glory of God;

17for the momentary light matter of our tribulation works out for us more and more an exceedingly continuous weight of glory—

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Cross References

Job 19:26And after my skin has surrounded this [body], || Then from my flesh I see God—

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

Psalms 119:81[KAPH] My soul has been consumed for Your salvation, || I have hoped for Your word.

Isaiah 40:31But those expecting YHWH pass [to] power, || They raise up the pinion as eagles, || They run and are not fatigued, || They go on and do not faint!

Matthew 5:29But if your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and cast from you, for it is good to you that one of your members may perish, and not your whole body be cast into Gehenna.

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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