2 Corinthians 4:16 “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away,…”

2 Corinthians 4:16

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

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day.

American Standard Version

Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore we faint not, but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed daily.

Darby Translation

Wherefore we faint not; but if indeed our outward man is consumed, yet the inward is renewed day by day.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.

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Cross references

“we”

Isaiah 40:29 2 Corinthians 4:1 Psalm 27:13 1 Corinthians 15:58 Psalm 119:81

Isaiah 40:29 · BSB

He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.

2 Corinthians 4:1 · BSB

Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.

Psalm 27:13 · BSB

Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

1 Corinthians 15:58 · BSB

Therefore, 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.

Psalm 119:81 · BSB

My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.

“though”

Psalm 73:26 2 Corinthians 12:15 Job 19:26 Job 19:27 Isaiah 57:1 Isaiah 57:2

Psalm 73:26 · BSB

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

2 Corinthians 12:15 · BSB

And 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?

Job 19:26 · BSB

Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.

Job 19:27 · BSB

I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!

Isaiah 57:1 · BSB

The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous are taken away from the presence of evil.

Isaiah 57:2 · BSB

Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death.

“the”

Ephesians 3:16 Romans 7:22 1 Peter 3:4

Ephesians 3:16 · BSB

I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,

Romans 7:22 · BSB

For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.

1 Peter 3:4 · BSB

but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.

“is”

Isaiah 40:31 Colossians 3:10 Romans 12:2 Titus 3:5 Psalm 51:10 Ephesians 4:23

Isaiah 40:31 · BSB

But 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.

Colossians 3:10 · BSB

and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

Romans 12:2 · BSB

Do 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.

Titus 3:5 · BSB

He 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.

Psalm 51:10 · BSB

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Ephesians 4:23 · BSB

to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;

“day by”

Luke 11:3

Luke 11:3 · BSB

Give us each day our daily bread.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow, to the glory of God.

17For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.

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