Topic
Inward Man
4 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Romans 7:22ISBE
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
- 2 Corinthians 4:16ISBE
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
- Ephesians 3:16ISBE
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
- 1 Peter 3:4ISBE
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.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
in'-werd: A Pauline term, nearly identical with the "hidden man of the heart" (1Pe 3:4). The Greek original, 5 ho eso (also esothen) anthropos (Ro 7:22) is lexigraphically defined "the internal man," i.e. "soul," "conscience." It is the immaterial part of man--mind, spirit--in distinction from the "outward man" which "perishes" (2Co 4:16 the King James Version). As the seat of spiritual influences it is the sphere in which the Holy Spirit does His renewing and saving work (Eph 3:16). The term "inward man" cannot be used interchangeably with "the new man," for it may still be "corrupt," and subject to "vanity" and "alienated from the life of God." Briefly stated, it is mind, soul, spirit--God's image in man--man's higher nature, intellectual, moral, and spiritual.
Dwight M. Pratt
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.