2 Corinthians 4:16
New International Version
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

New Living Translation
That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day.

English Standard Version
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.

Berean Standard Bible
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.

Berean Literal Bible
Therefore we do not lose heart; but indeed if our outward man is being brought to decay, yet our inner self is being renewed day and day.

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

New King James Version
Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer person is decaying, yet our inner person is being renewed day by day.

NASB 1995
Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.

NASB 1977
Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.

Amplified Bible
Therefore we do not become discouraged [spiritless, disappointed, or afraid]. Though our outer self is [progressively] wasting away, yet our inner self is being [progressively] renewed day by day.

Christian Standard Bible
Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being 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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because of this, it is not tiresome to us, for even if our external person is being destroyed, on the other hand, that which is from within is renewed day by day.

Contemporary English Version
We never give up. Our bodies are gradually dying, but we ourselves are being made stronger each day.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man is corrupted, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
That is why we are not discouraged. Though outwardly we are wearing out, inwardly we are renewed day by day.

Good News Translation
For this reason we never become discouraged. Even though our physical being is gradually decaying, yet our spiritual being is renewed day after day.

International Standard Version
That's why we are not discouraged. No, even if outwardly we are wearing out, inwardly we are being renewed each and every day.

Literal Standard Version
for this reason, we do not faint, but if our outward man also decays, yet the inward is renewed day by day;

Majority Standard Bible
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet the inner self is being renewed day by day.

New American Bible
Therefore, we are not discouraged; rather, although our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.

NET Bible
Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

New Revised Standard Version
So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day.

New Heart English Bible
Therefore we do not become discouraged, but even though our outer nature is wearing away, yet our inner nature is being renewed day by day.

Webster's Bible Translation
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man is wasted, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

Weymouth New Testament
Therefore we are not cowards. Nay, even though our outward man is wasting away, yet our inward man is being 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.

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

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Treasures in Jars of Clay
15All 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. 16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day. 17For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.…

Cross References
Isaiah 40:29
He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.

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.

Jeremiah 45:3
You have said, 'Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.'"

Romans 7:22
For in my inner being I delight in God's law.

2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.

Colossians 3:10
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

1 Peter 4:14
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.


Treasury of Scripture

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

we.

2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

Psalm 27:13
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

Psalm 119:81
CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

though.

2 Corinthians 12:15
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.

Job 19:26,27
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: …

Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

the.

Romans 7:22
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

Ephesians 3:16
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

1 Peter 3:4
But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

is.

Psalm 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Romans 12:2
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

day by.

Luke 11:3
Give us day by day our daily bread.

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2 Corinthians 4
1. Paul declares how he has used all sincerity and diligence in preaching the gospel,
7. and how his troubles and persecutions did redound to the praise of God's power,
12. to the benefit of the church,
16. and to the apostle's own eternal glory.














(16) For which cause we faint not.--Ho returns, after a long digression, to the assertion with which 2 Corinthians 4 had opened, but in repeating the words he enters once again on the same line of thought, but under a different succession of imagery. The "outward man," the material framework of the body, is undergoing a gradual process of decay, but the "inward man," the higher spiritual life, is "day by day" passing through successive stages of renewal, gaining fresh energies. This verb also, and its derivative "renewal," are specially characteristic of St. Paul. (Comp. Romans 12:2; Colossians 3:10; Titus 3:5.) The verb in Ephesians 4:23, though not the same, is equivalent in meaning.

Verses 16-18. - The Christian minister is upheld by hope. Verse 16. - Therefore. Knowing that our daily death is the pathway to eternal life (ver. 14). We faint not (see ver. 1). Though; rather, even if. Our outward man. Our life in its human and corporeal conditions. The inward man. Namely, our moral and spiritual being, that "new man which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him" (Colossians 3:10). Is renewed; literally, is being renewed; i.e. by faith and hope. Day by day. The Greek phrase is not classical, but is a reminiscence of the Hebrew.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Therefore
Διὸ (Dio)
Conjunction
Strong's 1352: Wherefore, on which account, therefore. From dia and hos; through which thing, i.e. Consequently.

we do not lose heart.
ἐγκακοῦμεν (enkakoumen)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1573: To be faint, be weary. From ek and kakos; to be weak, i.e. to fail.

[Though]
ἀλλ’ (all’)
Conjunction
Strong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

our
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

outer
ἔξω (exō)
Adverb
Strong's 1854: Without, outside. Adverb from ek; out(-side, of doors), literally or figuratively.

self
ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

is wasting away,
διαφθείρεται (diaphtheiretai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1311: To destroy, waste; hence met: I corrupt. From diaballo and phtheiro; to rot thoroughly, i.e. to ruin.

yet
ἀλλ’ (all’)
Conjunction
Strong's 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

our
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

inner
ἔσω (esō)
Adverb
Strong's 2080: Within, inside, with verbs either of rest or of motion; prep: within, to within, inside. From eis; inside.

[self]
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

is being renewed
ἀνακαινοῦται (anakainoutai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 341: To renew, make new again. From ana and a derivative of kainos; to renovate.

day
ἡμέρᾳ (hēmera)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.

by
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

day.
ἡμέρᾳ (hēmera)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.


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