2 Corinthians 4:16

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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.

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  • 2 Cor 4:17-18
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    17For our momentary and light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.

    18So we fix our eyes not on what is seen but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

  • 2 Cor 4:6-12
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    6For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Jesus Christ.

    7But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

    8We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

    9persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

    10We always carry in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be displayed in our body.

    11For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal bodies.

    12So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

  • 2 Cor 4:1
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    1Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as we were shown mercy, we do not lose heart.

  • 2 Cor 5:4-9
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    4For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

    5Now the one who has prepared us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

    6Therefore, we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.

    7(For we live by faith, not by sight.)

    8We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

    9So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.

  • 2 Cor 4:14-15
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    14We know that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you.

    15All this is for your benefit, so that grace, having increased through the many, may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.

  • 2 Cor 1:8-9
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    8For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, of the trouble we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself.

    9Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened so that we would not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.

  • Eph 4:23
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    23to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

  • 2 Cor 5:1-2
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    1For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

    2Meanwhile, we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,

  • 2 Cor 3:18
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    18And we all, with unveiled faces, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this transformation comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

  • 1 Cor 4:10-12
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    10We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored!

    11To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, and we are homeless.

    12We work hard with our own hands. When we are insulted, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it.

  • 2 Thess 1:4
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    4As a result, we ourselves boast about you among the churches of God for your endurance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.

  • 2 Cor 10:3-4
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    3For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.

    4The weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but they are powerful through God for the destruction of strongholds. We demolish arguments

  • 2 Cor 13:4
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    4For though He was crucified in weakness, He lives by the power of God. Likewise, we are weak in Him, but we will live with Him by God’s power for your benefit.

  • Eph 3:13
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    13Therefore, I ask you not to lose heart over my sufferings for you, which are for your glory.

  • Gal 6:9
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    9Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

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    9as unknown, yet well-known; as dying, yet behold, we live; as disciplined, but not put to death;

  • 2 Cor 5:12-13
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    12We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart.

    13If we are out of our mind, as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.

  • 2 Cor 5:16-17
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    16So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Even though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

    17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

  • 2 Cor 12:10
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    10Therefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

  • 2 Cor 13:9
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    9We are glad whenever we are weak but you are strong; and our prayer is that you may be fully restored.

  • Eph 3:16
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    16I pray that out of the riches of His glory, He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,

  • 2 Cor 1:4
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    4who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

  • Phil 2:16
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    16holding fast to the word of life. Then I can boast in the day of Christ that I did not labor or run in vain.

  • Rom 8:18
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    18I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.

  • Isa 40:30
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    30Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;

  • 2 Cor 1:6
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    6If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces patient endurance of the same sufferings we also endure.

  • Rom 8:36
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    36As it is written: 'For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.'

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    11For if what was passing away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of what remains!

  • 1 Cor 15:58
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    58Therefore, 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.

  • 2 Cor 7:4
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    4I have great confidence in you; I take great pride in you. I am filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in all our afflictions.