2 Corinthians 4:16
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
KJV
Διὸ οὐκ ἐγκακοῦμεν, ἀλλ’ εἰ καὶ ὁ ἔξω ἡμῶν ἄνθρωπος διαφθείρεται, ἀλλ’ ὁ ἔσω ἡμῶν ἀνακαινοῦται ἡμέρᾳ καὶ ἡμέρᾳ.
Greek NT
Propter quod non deficimus : sed licet is, qui foris est, noster homo corrumpatur, tamen is, qui intus est, renovatur de die in diem.
Vulgate
Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
ASV
For which cause we faint not: but though our outward man is corrupted, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
διαφθείρω
diaphtheiro
verb · 6×
διό
dio
conjunction · 52×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀνακαινόω
anakainoo
verb · 2×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐκκακέω
ekkakeo
verb · 6×
ἔξω
exo
adverb · 62×
ἔσω
eso
adverb · 9×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἐγκακοῦμεν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐγκακοῦμεν | RP: ἐκκακοῦμεν
- ἐγκακοῦμεν — SBLGNT
- ἐγκακοῦμεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐκκακοῦμεν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἔσω ἡμῶν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἔσω ἡμῶν | RP: ἔσωθεν
- ἔσω ἡμῶν — SBLGNT
- ἔσω ἡμῶν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἔσωθεν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Themes
Historic Christian voices
9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
City of God · 2 passages
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Cross-references
- 1Cor 15:58 — Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
- 1Pet 3:4 — But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
- 1Pet 3:4 — But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
- 2Cor 4:1 — Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
- 2Cor 4:1 — Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
- 2Cor 4:8 — We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
- 2Cor 12:15 — And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
- 2Thess 3:13 — But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
- Acts 16:25 — And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
- Acts 16:40 — And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
- Acts 20:24 — But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel
- Col 3:10 — And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
- Eph 3:16 — That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
- Eph 3:16 — That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
- Eph 4:23 — And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
- Eph 4:24 — And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
- Eph 6:16 — Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
- Gal 6:9 — And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
- Heb 12:3 — For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
- Isa 40:29 — He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
- Isa 40:31 — But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
- Isa 40:31 — But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
- Isa 57:1 — The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
- Jer 45:3 — Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
- Job 4:5 — But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
- Job 19:26 — And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
- Job 29:20 — My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
- Judg 8:4 — And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
- Luke 11:3 — Give us day by day our daily bread.
- Matt 5:29 — And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
- Prov 3:11 — My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
- Ps 27:13 — I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
- Ps 27:13 — I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
- Ps 41:3 — The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
- Ps 51:10 — Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
- Ps 73:26 — My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
- Ps 73:26 — My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
- Ps 103:5 — Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
- Ps 119:81 — My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
- Rev 2:3 — And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.