Renewed Day by Day

The Finish

Paul names two distinct, simultaneous processes here, outward man perishing, inward man renewed, worth holding as honest, comprehensive picture, not denying genuine physical decline, outward man perish stated directly, but naming alongside it this different, ongoing renewal, day by day, in the inward man.

This is worth examining against however much your own attention has focused entirely on the outward decline this verse honestly names, while missing the described, simultaneous inward renewal, day by day, worth holding as equally real, equally worth genuine attention, not merely the outward loss alone.

Notice day by day, ongoing, present-tense renewal, not a single event completed once but continued, daily process, worth applying practically, asking today specifically what inward renewal actually looks like in your own life, distinct from whatever outward change is simultaneously, honestly occurring alongside it.

Whatever outward perishing you honestly observe in your own body or circumstances, consider today this verse’s own fuller picture, inward renewal happening simultaneously, day by day, worth actively attending to, not merely mourning the outward loss alone while missing this equally real, ongoing renewal.