A querist asks, In 2 Corinthians 4:16, Paul mentions the “inward man.” My question is, What is the “inward man” that Paul is referring to in this passage?<\/p>\n
The text in 2 Corinthians 4:16 states:<\/p>\n
\n“Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.<\/strong>“<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The “outward man” in this passage is referring to the physical part of man that will eventually die (James 2:26; cf. 2 Corinthians 5:1; Hebrews 9:27; 2 Peter 1:13-14).<\/p>\n
The “inward man” in this passage refers to the spiritual part of man or “soul” of man (Matthew 10:28) that part of man which contains the intellect, emotions, and will (i.e., Psalm 35:9; Psalm 42:11; Matthew 26:38; John 13:21; 2 Corinthians 8:12; 2 Corinthians 8:19).<\/p>\n
That part of man that is accountable to God’s law (Romans 7:22-23) and is strengthened by it when properly studied and applied (cf. Acts 17:11; Romans 12:2; Ephesians 3:16; Ephesians 6:17; Colossians 1:9-11; Colossians 3:9-10; 2 Timothy 2:15 ASV; Hebrews 5:13-14).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A querist asks, In 2 Corinthians 4:16, Paul mentions the “inward man.” My question is, What is the “inward man” that Paul is referring to in this passage? The text in 2 Corinthians 4:16 states: “Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed … Continue reading “What Is The “Inward Man”? – 2 Corinthians 4:16 – Bible study”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}