13 Bible Verses about The Inward Being

For this reason, as I have said, I do not lose courage, but even though my outward man is wasting away, my inward man is being renewed, day by day. For my light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working out for me a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while I am gazing not at things seen, but at things unseen; for things seen are temporal, but things unseen are eternal.

"Foolish men! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?

but the real Jew is one inwardly, and real circumcision is heart??ircumcision, spiritual, not literal, praised not by men, but by God.

"Better cleanse what is within, and nothing will be unclean for you.

"Beware of the false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but within they are ravening wolves.

"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but within they are filled with extortion and excess.

but the Lord said to him. "You Pharisee do cleanse the outside of your cup or plate, but your secret heart is full of extortion and wickedness.

"Just so you also outwardly appear to men, just, but within you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like white-washed sepulchers. They look beautiful without, but within they are filled with dead men's bones and all rottenness.

"You blind Pharisees, first clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside of it may be clean also.

"The world cannot receive him because it does not see him nor know him, but you know him, for he is ever with you and within you.

For this reason, as I have said, I do not lose courage, but even though my outward man is wasting away, my inward man is being renewed, day by day.

but rather that hidden personality of the heart, the imperishable ornament of a quiet and gentle spirit, which in the sight of God is indeed precious.