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ThereforeΔιὸwe do notοὐκlose heart;ἐγκακοῦμενbutἀλλ’evenκαὶifεἰour outerὁ ἔξω ἡμῶνpersonἄνθρωποςis wasting away,διαφθείρεταιyetἀλλ’our inner personὁ ἔσω ἡμῶνis being renewedἀνακαινοῦταιdayἡμέρᾳbyκαὶday.ἡμέρᾳ
2 Corinthians 4:16
Study it in the app“Therefore we do not lose heart; but even if our outer person is wasting away, yet our inner person is being renewed day by day.”
What is seen is passing; a light affliction produces an eternal weight of glorySuffering and Trials
With the Greek beneath
2 Corinthians 4:16, word by word
- ThereforeΔιὸDio
therefore
"Therefore", "for this reason".
Where else “Dio” appears- lose heartἐγκακοῦμενenkakoumen
lose heart
Lose heart, grow weary, give up.
Where else “enkakoumen” appears- our outerἔξωexō
outside
Points to the space on the other side of a door, a wall or a group.
Where else “exō” appears- personἄνθρωποςanthrōpos
inner self
The person within: the old self and the new.
Where else “anthrōpos” appears- is wasting awayδιαφθείρεταιdiaphtheiretai
destroy
To ruin something completely, or to wear away little by little.
Where else “diaphtheiretai” appears- our inner personἔσωesō
inner
What is within a person, their deep self.
Where else “esō” appears- is being renewedἀνακαινοῦταιanakainoutai
renew
Renew, make new.
Where else “anakainoutai” appears- dayἡμέρᾳhēmerai
day
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmerai” appears
The context
15For all things are for your sake, so that grace, increasing through more and more people, may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
16 · This verse (above)
17For our momentary light affliction is producing for us beyond all measure an eternal weight of glory,