2 Corinthians 4:16

Therefore we never faint; for though our outward man decay, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 abundant grace, through the thanksgiving of more persons, may more abound to the glory of God.

17For our momentary light affliction worketh for us a transcendently far more exceeding eternal weight of glory;

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Cross References

Matthew 5:29If then thine eye, the right, leads thee to offend, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is highly for thy advantage, that one of thy members be destroyed, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Romans 7:22For I am delighted with the law of God, as respecting 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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