Verse 16

Therefore, we do not lose heart. Even though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

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  • Isa 40:31 : 31 but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
  • Col 3:10 : 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its Creator.
  • Rom 7:22 : 22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law;
  • Rom 12:2 : 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing, and perfect will.
  • 2 Cor 4:1 : 1 Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as we were shown mercy, we do not lose heart.
  • Isa 40:29 : 29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
  • 1 Pet 3:4 : 4 Instead, it should be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
  • 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 And I will most gladly spend and be utterly spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I to be loved less?
  • Eph 3:16 : 16 I pray that out of the riches of His glory, He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
  • Eph 4:23 : 23 to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
  • Ps 51:10 : 10 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
  • Ps 73:26 : 26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
  • Ps 119:81 : 81 My soul faints for Your salvation; I hope in Your word.
  • Job 19:26-27 : 26 And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God. 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!
  • Ps 27:13 : 13 I am confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
  • Isa 57:1-2 : 1 The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; faithful people are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. 2 They find peace; they rest in their beds—those who walk in uprightness.
  • Matt 5:29-30 : 29 If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
  • Titus 3:5 : 5 He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
  • Luke 11:3 : 3 Give us each day our daily bread.