2 Corinthians 4:16

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

— WEB

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

— KJV

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

— ASV

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Isaiah 40:31 "But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They…"
Colossians 3:10 "and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,"
Isaiah 40:29 "He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might."
Romans 12:2 "Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing,…"
Psalms 73:26 "My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."
2 Corinthians 4:1 "Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint."
Ephesians 3:16 "that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;"
Romans 7:22 "For I delight in God’s law after the inward man,"

Commentary

we faint not--notwithstanding our sufferings. Resuming Co2 4:1. outward man--the body, the flesh. perish--"is wearing away"; "is wasted away" by afflictions. inward man--our spiritual and true being, the "life" which even in our mortal bodies (Co2 4:11) "manifests the life of Jesus." is renewed--"is being renewed," namely, with fresh "grace" (Co2 4:15), and "faith" (Co2 4:13), and hope (Co2 4:17-18).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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