2 Corinthians 4:16 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁶ Therefore, we do not get discouraged, for though our physical body is decaying, yet our inner person is being renewed daily.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Therefore we do not become discouraged (utterly spiritless, exhausted, and wearied out through fear). Though our outer man is [progressively] decaying and wasting away, yet our inner self is being [progressively] renewed day after day.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ So we aren’t depressed. But even if our bodies are breaking down on the outside, the person that we are on the inside is being renewed every day.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ For this reason, we are not insufficient. But it is as though our outer man is corrupted, while our inner man is renewed from day to day.

2 Corinthians 4:16 Cross References

Luke 11:3

Give us day by day our bread for each day.

Romans 12:2

And you people must not be conformed to [the values and standards of] this age, but you should become transformed [i.e., changed in attitude and action] by having your mind renewed [i.e., to think in a totally different way]. Then you will be able to determine [and practice] God’s will, the thing that is good, and acceptable and perfect.

Romans 7:22

For in my heart I am delighted with God’s law,

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my dearly loved brothers, stand firm [in the faith]; do not be moved [from your commitment] Always do your best to work for the Lord, since you know that your labor in the Lord’s [service] is not for nothing.

2 Corinthians 12:15

So, I will most gladly spend [all I have], and [even] spend myself for the sake of your souls. If I love you so much, should you love me less [than that]?

2 Corinthians 4:1

So, having obtained this ministry through [God’s] mercy, we do not become discouraged.

Ephesians 3:16

[I pray] that, according to God’s glorious abundance, He would empower you to become [spiritually] strong through His Holy Spirit in your inner person,

Ephesians 4:23

and to be renewed in your inner person.

Colossians 3:10

and have put on the new person, who is being [daily] renewed with full knowledge, according to the image of God, who [re-] created him.

Titus 3:5

He saved us, not because of any good deeds we ourselves had done, but because of His mercy. [He saved us] through the washing of new birth [Note: This refers to our immersion in water] and the renewing [work] of the Holy Spirit,

1 Peter 3:4

But [the kind of adornment you should display is] that of the inner person, with its enduring qualities of a meek and calm spirit, which are extremely valuable in God’s eyes.

1 Peter 4:14

If you are spoken against for being Christians, you have God’s blessing, because His glorious Holy Spirit rests upon you [to provide comfort, See John 14:16].