11 translations · Greek
2 Corinthians 4:16
Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 4:16 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
- KJV King James Version
- For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- for this reason, we do not faint, but if our outward man also decays, yet the inward is renewed day by day;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- So we don't give up. Even though our physical bodies are falling apart, our inner selves are being renewed daily.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day;
- DBY Darby Translation
- Wherefore we faint not; but if indeed our outward man is consumed, yet the inward is renewed day by day.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man is wasted, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man is corrupted, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Διὸ | Dio | Therefore | G1352 διό therefore |
| οὐκ | ouk | — | G3756 οὐ no |
| ἐγκακοῦμεν | enkakoumen | we do not lose heart | G1573 ἐκκακέω to lose heart |
| ἀλλ’ | all’ | [Though] | G235 ἀλλά but |
| εἰ | ei | — | G1487 εἰ if |
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἔξω | exō | outer | G1854 ἔξω out/outside(r) |
| ἡμῶν | hēmōn | our | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| ἄνθρωπος | anthrōpos | self | G444 ἄνθρωπος a human |
| διαφθείρεται | diaphtheiretai | is wasting away | G1311 διαφθείρω to destroy |
| ἀλλ’ | all’ | yet | G235 ἀλλά but |
| ὁ | ho | [self] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἔσω | esō | inner | G2080 ἔσω in/inner/inwardly |
| ἡμῶν | hēmōn | our | G1473 ἐγώ I/we |
| ἀνακαινοῦται | anakainoutai | is being renewed | G341 ἀνακαινόω to renew |
| ἡμέρᾳ | hēmera | day | G2250 ἡμέρα day |
| καὶ | kai | by | G2532 καί and |
| ἡμέρᾳ | hēmera | day | G2250 ἡμέρα day |
Related verses
- Isaiah 40:31
But those who wait for Yahweh 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
and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,
- Isaiah 40:29
He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.
- Romans 12:2
Don’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.
- Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- 2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.
- Ephesians 3:16
that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
- Romans 7:22
For I delight in God’s law after the inward man,
- Titus 3:5
not 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,
- Psalm 27:13
I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living.
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In context
14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will 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 to the glory of God.
16 Therefore we don’t faint, 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, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
18 while we don’t look 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.
Read all of 2 Corinthians 4 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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