2 Corinthians 4:16

For this reason we do not loose heart; but though our outer man perish, yet the inner man is renewed day by day.

Revised King James 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 as grace extends to more and more people, it might cause thanksgiving to abound, to the glory of God.

17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, prepares for us an incomparable and eternal weight of glory;

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Cross References

Matthew 5:29And if your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out, and cast it from you: for it is better for you that one of your members should perish, than that your whole body should be cast into hell.

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