2 Corinthians 4:16
14 knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.
15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may overflow in thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
17 For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison.
18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
- KJV
- For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
- WEB
- Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day.
- ASV
- Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
- DARBY
- Wherefore we faint not; but if indeed our outward man is consumed, yet the inward is renewed day by day.
- BLB
- Therefore we do not grow fainthearted; but if also our outer man decays, yet our inner one is renewed day and day.
- ÅB
- Derfor taper vi ikke motet, men om og vårt utvortes menneske går til grunne, så fornyes dog det innvortes dag for dag.
- OTB
- Derfor mister vi ikke motet, for selv om vårt ytre selv går til grunne, blir vårt indre selv fornyet dag for dag.
- B1930
- Derfor taper vi ikke motet, men om og vårt utvortes menneske går til grunne, så fornyes dog det innvortes dag for dag.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 40:31
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.
Read in contextColossians 3:10
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:29
He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
Read in contextRomans 12:2
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.
Read in contextPsalms 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
Read in contextEphesians 3:16
I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
Read in contextRomans 7:22
For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
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