2 Corinthians 4:16

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet the inner self is being renewed day by day.

Majority Standard Bible

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

15All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow, to the glory of God.

17For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.

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Cross References

Job 19:26Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will 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 Your salvation; I wait for Your word.

Isaiah 40:31But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

Matthew 5:29If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

Romans 7:22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.

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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