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


In Context

13 But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, I believed, and therefore did I speak; we also believe, and therefore also we speak;

14 knowing that he that raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also with Jesus, and shall present us with you.

15 For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound unto the glory of God.

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

17 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

18 while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

2 Corinthians 4:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man is corrupted, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16Wherefore we faint not; but if indeed our outward man is consumed, yet the inward is renewed day by day.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:16Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man is wasted, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16Therefore we don't faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.