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2 Corinthians 4:16

WEB

16Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day.

KJV

16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

BSB

16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.

FBV

16So we don't give up. Even though our physical bodies are falling apart, our inner selves are being renewed daily.

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Extra References

Isaiah 40:31

31but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.


Colossians 3:10

10and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,


Isaiah 40:29

29He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.


Psalms 73:26

26My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.


Romans 12:2

2Don’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, and perfect will of God.


2 Corinthians 4:1

1Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.


Ephesians 3:16

16that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,


Romans 7:22

22For I delight in God’s law after the inward person,


Titus 3:5

5not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,


Psalms 27:13

13I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.