2 Corinthians 4:16-18
New Living Translation
16 That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are[a] being renewed every day. 17 For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! 18 So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.
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- 4:16 Greek our inner being is.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
New English Translation
16 Therefore we do not despair,[a] but even if our physical body[b] is wearing away, our inner person[c] is being renewed day by day. 17 For our momentary, light suffering[d] is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison 18 because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.
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- 2 Corinthians 4:16 tn Or “do not lose heart.”
- 2 Corinthians 4:16 tn Grk “our outer man.”
- 2 Corinthians 4:16 tn Grk “our inner [man].”
- 2 Corinthians 4:17 tn Grk “momentary lightness of affliction.”
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