2 Corinthians 4:16 BSB

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.

BSB

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ASV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For which cause we faint not - Ουκ εκκα κουμεν. See on 2Co 4:1 (note). Here we have the same various reading; εγκακουμεν, we do no wickedness; and it is supported by BDEFG, and some others: but it is remarkable that Mr. Wakefield follows the common reading here, though the various-reading is at least as well supported in this verse as in verse first. The common reading, faint not, appears to agree best with the apostle’s meaning.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(2.) If the outward man perish, there is no remedy, it must and will be so, it was made to perish. (3.) It is our happiness if the decays of the outward man do contribute to the renewing of the inward man, if afflictions outwardly are gain to us inwardly, if when the body is sick, and weak, and perishing, the soul is vigorous and prosperous.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Resuming 2Co 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 (2Co 4:11) "manifests the life of Jesus." is renewed--"is being renewed," namely, with fresh "grace" (2Co 4:15), and "faith" (2Co 4:13), and hope (2Co 4:17, 18).

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
διὸ	dio	Therefore	G1352 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἐγκακοῦμεν·	egkakoumen	we lose heart;	G1573 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
εἰ	ei	if	G1487 →
καὶ	kai	even	G2532 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἔξω	exō	outward	G1854 →
ἡμῶν	hēmōn	of us	G3165 →
ἄνθρωπος	anthrōpos	man	G444 →
διαφθείρεται,	diaphtheiretai	is being brought to decay,	G1311 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	yet	G235 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἔσω	esō	inner	G2080 →
ἡμῶν	hēmōn	of us	G3165 →
ἀνακαινοῦται	anakainoutai	is being renewed	G341 →
ἡμέρᾳ	hēmera	by day	G2250 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἡμέρᾳ.	hēmera	by day.	G2250 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 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…
leads to
- 1 Peter 1:14
  As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
- Ephesians 4:22–24
  to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
  Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- Colossians 3:10
  and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
- 1 John 2:15–17
  Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Through
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.
leads to
- Lamentations 3:25–26
  The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
- Psalms 27:13–14
  Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
- Psalms 103:5
  who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 2 Corinthians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 2 Corinthians