2 Corinthians 4:16

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man is wasted, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

Webster 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

15For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace may, through the thanksgiving of many, redound to the glory of God.

17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

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Cross References

Job 19:26And though after my skin worms destroy this body , yet in my flesh shall I see God:

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

Psalms 119:81CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

Isaiah 40:31But they that wait upon the LORD 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 shall cause thee to sin, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should 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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