2 Corinthians 4:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.”
'Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.' Paul holds together hard realism about decline and suffering with quiet confidence that God is renewing believers inwardly, every single day.
Read the full meaning“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Corinthians 4:16 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 19:26Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
- Psalms 27:13Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
- Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
- Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- Psalms 119:81My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
- Isaiah 40:29He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
- 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.
- Isaiah 57:1The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.
- 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.
- Luke 11:3Give us each day our daily bread.
- Romans 7:22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
- Romans 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
- 2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
- 2 Corinthians 12:15And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?
- Ephesians 3:16I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
- Ephesians 4:23to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;
- Colossians 3:10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
- Titus 3:5He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
- 1 Peter 3:4but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
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