2 Corinthians 4:16

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 4:1-18

The life and work of a servant (4:1-18)God’s true servants do not avoid their responsibilities or use dishonest methods. They do not change the plain meaning of God’s Word to suit themselves, but teach that Word faithfully and directly (4:1-2). Not all will believe, because Satan blinds their minds, but true preachers remember always that the message they preach is Christ’s, not theirs. Then, when the hearers allow the light of that message to shine into their hearts, they see Christ as their... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Corinthians 4:16

For which cause = Therefore. though = even if. App-118 . outward (Greek. exo) man (Greek. anthropos, App-123 .) This expression Occurs only here. It is one of the rearms of the old nature. Compare Romans 6:6 . 1 Corinthians 2:14 .Ephesians 4:22; 2 Chronicles 3:92 Chronicles 3:9 . perish = is corrupted or destroyed, Greek diaphtheire. Occurs elsewhere, Luke 12:33 , 1 Timothy 6:5 .Revelation 8:9 ; Revelation 11:1 . inward . Greek. eadthen. In Romans 7:22 .Ephesians 3:16 , the word is eso... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:16

Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.Wherefore we faint not ... has the meaning of "For the four reasons just cited, he was able to endure."Our outward man is decaying ... This is not a reference to the "old man" (Romans 6:6; Ephesians 4:22; Colossians 3:9), having the simple meaning that his physical body, with all of its powers, was moving inexorably to its dissolution. All of the powers and glory of mortal life are like a... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:15-16

2 Corinthians 4:15-16. For all things are for your sakes,— "For I do and suffer all things for your sakes, that the exuberant favour of God may abound by the thanksgiving of a greater number to the glory of God." That is, "I endeavour by my sufferings and preaching to make as many converts as I can; that so the more partaking of the mercy and favour of God, of which there isa plentiful and inexhaustible store, the more may give thanks unto him; it being more for the glory of God, that a greater... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:16

16. we faint not—notwithstanding our sufferings. Resuming 2 Corinthians 4:1. outward man—the body, the flesh. perish—"is wearing away"; "is wasted away" by afflictions. inward man—our spiritual and true being, the "life" which even in our mortal bodies (2 Corinthians 4:11) "manifests the life of Jesus." is renewed—"is being renewed," namely, with fresh "grace" (2 Corinthians 4:11- :), and "faith" (2 Corinthians 4:11- :), and hope (2 Corinthians 4:17; 2 Corinthians 4:18). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 4:16

In view of the reasons just sited, the apostle restated that he did not lose heart (cf. 2 Corinthians 4:1). However, Paul’s sufferings, while not fatal, were destroying his body. Nevertheless even this did not discourage him for, even though physically he was decaying, spiritually he was still developing (cf. Ephesians 3:16). In this verse Paul resumed the thought he began in 2 Corinthians 4:1."We are, in fact, on the threshold of one of the most important eschatological passages of the New... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

The contrast between outward deterioration and inward renewal 4:16-18 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Corinthians 4:1-18

1-6. The messengers of this gospel are not afraid to proclaim it, for they preach Christ, who has revealed the glory of God.1, 2. Paraphrase. ’Having this glorious gospel to preach, we proclaim it boldly. (2) We have nothing to do with methods and practices which cannot bear the light (like those of your false teachers), for we neither seek to undo another’s work by unscrupulous hints and disgraceful insinuations, nor try to gain the favour of the Jewish Christians by false teaching about the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Corinthians 4:16

(16) For which cause we faint not.—Ho returns, after a long digression, to the assertion with which 2 Corinthians 4:0 had opened, but in repeating the words he enters once again on the same line of thought, but under a different succession of imagery. The “outward man,” the material framework of the body, is undergoing a gradual process of decay, but the “inward man,” the higher spiritual life, is “day by day” passing through successive stages of renewal, gaining fresh energies. This verb also,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Corinthians 4:1-18

The Triumph of Continuance 2 Corinthians 4:1 'We all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, as from a Lord who is Spirit.' St. Paul follows these sublime words with a reference to his own life labour. 'Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not.' 'We faint not.' We expect, perhaps, a clearer, prouder, more triumphant note. The word, for its place, seems tame and quiet The... read more

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