2 Corinthians 4:16

wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day;

Young's Literal Translation

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 the 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, more and more exceedingly an age-during weight of glory doth work out for us —

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Cross References

Job 19:26And after my skin hath compassed this [body], Then from my flesh I see God:

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

Psalms 119:81[Kaph.] Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.

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

Matthew 5:29'But, if thy right eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to 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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