Treasure in Jars of Clay
2 Corinthians 4:16
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
- KJV
- For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
- WEB
- Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day.
- ASV
- Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
- LSV
- for this reason, we do not faint, but if our outward man also decays, yet the inward is renewed day by day;
- YLT
- wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day;
- DBY
- Wherefore we faint not; but if indeed our outward man is consumed, yet the inward is renewed day by day.
- DRC
- For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man is corrupted, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
- GNV
- Therefore we faint not, but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed daily.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἔσω (“inner”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἔσωθεν (“within”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Spelling of ἐγκακοῦμεν: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text: ἐκκακοῦμεν.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include ἡμῶν (“of us”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: ἐγκακοῦμεν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐγκακοῦμεν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐκκακοῦμεν.
- SBLGNT: ἔσω ἡμῶν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔσω ἡμῶν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἔσωθεν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Διὸ οὐκ ἐγκακοῦμεν, ἀλλʼ εἰ καὶ ὁ ἔξω ἡμῶν ἄνθρωπος διαφθείρεται, ἀλλʼ ὁ ἔσω ἡμῶν ἀνακαινοῦται ἡμέρᾳ καὶ ἡμέρᾳ.
- RP2018
- Διὸ οὐκ ἐκκακοῦμεν, ἀλλ’ εἰ καὶ ὁ ἔξω ἡμῶν ἄνθρωπος διαφθείρεται, ἀλλ’ ὁ ἔσωθεν ἀνακαινοῦται ἡμέρᾳ καὶ ἡμέρᾳ.
- TR-Boyd
- Διὸ οὐκ ἐκκακοῦμεν, ἀλλ᾿ εἰ καὶ ὁ ἔξω ἡμῶν ἄνθρωπος διαφθείρεται, ἀλλ᾿ ὁ ἔσωθεν ἀνακαινοῦται ἡμέρᾳ καὶ ἡμέρᾳ.
- SCR1894
- διο ουκ εκκακουμεν αλλ ει και ο εξω ημων ανθρωπος διαφθειρεται αλλ ο εσωθεν ανακαινουται ημερα και ημερα
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
AssuranceOutward ManInward ManCorinthians, Second Epistle to theRenewAfflictionsResignationFaintNew Birth, TheMan, Natural
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Cross-references most cited first
- Isaiah 40:31But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
- Colossians 3:10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
- Isaiah 40:29He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
- Romans 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
- Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- 2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
- Ephesians 3:16I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
- Romans 7:22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
- Titus 3:5He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
- Psalms 27:13Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
- Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
- 1 Peter 3:4but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
- Ephesians 4:23to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;
- Job 19:26–27Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God. I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!
- Isaiah 57:1–2The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil. Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest,…
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