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


In Context

13 It is written: "I believed; therefore I have spoken." With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak,

14 because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in his presence.

15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.

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

17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

2nd 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 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 American Standard 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 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.