Inner Man* — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

The inner, invisible being of a human. This Pauline phrase resembles the “hidden man” (KJB) of 1 Peter 3:4 (cf. Rom 2:29), where outward appearance is contrasted with inward reality. It assumes the current Jewish conception of man as a unitary being having both observable and invisible aspects, a physical body including a “psychological” heart. Paul says his members submit to sin’s rule even while his “inmost self” (rsv) delights in divine law (Rom 7:22). In Romans 8:13, he speaks of setting the mind on things of the flesh versus things of the Spirit, describing this same conflict between the inner and outer man.

Show passage in OET: PE1 3:4

OET-RV PE1 3:4

4 but on the inner person with a gentle and quiet spirit that’s indestructible and which God considers precious.

OET-LV PE1 3:4

4 but the hidden person of _the heart, in the indestructible beauty of _the gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious before the god.

Show passage in OET: ROM 2:29

OET-RV ROM 2:29

29 but they’re a Yehudi even in their private life and through circumcision of their heart—by the spirit and not by the letter of the law—earning praise not from people, but from God.

OET-LV ROM 2:29

29 but the one on the secret a_Youdaios is, and circumcision is of _heart, by the_spirit, not by_the_letter, of _whom the praise not of humans, but of the god.

Show passage in OET: ROM 7:22

OET-RV ROM 7:22

22 because I’m happily accepting God’s Law on the inside,

OET-LV ROM 7:22

22 For/Because I _am _joyfully _concurring in _the law of_ the _god, according _to the inside person,

Show passage in OET: ROM 8:13

OET-RV ROM 8:13

13 If your lives, brothers and sisters, are governed by your sinful natures, you’ll die, but if you put bodily practices to death with the help of the spirit, you’ll live,

OET-LV ROM 8:13

13 For/Because if according _to the_flesh you _all _are _living, you _all _are _going to _be _dying _off, but if by_the_spirit the practices of _the body you _all _are _putting _to _death, you _all _will _be _living.

Jump to OET PE1 3:4 section.

Jump to OET ROM 2:29 section.

Jump to OET ROM 7:22 section.

Jump to OET ROM 8:13 section.

This inner core of personality is already the locus where the Spirit’s strength is instilled and where Christ dwells in the Christian. So another contrast is between the mortal and already decaying outward man, weakened by age and by sharing the dying of Christ, and the daily renewed inner man, as the life of the risen Jesus is manifested in mortal flesh (2 Cor 4:10-16). Taken with Romans 8:11, this may possibly echo a speculation of intertestamental Judaism that a spiritual counterpart to the present body is already being prepared by the quickening of divine life in the devout inner man.

Show passage in OET: CO2 4:10–16

OET-RV CO2 4:10

10 We always carry around in our bodies the death of Yeshua, so that the life of Yeshua may also be revealed in our bodies,

OET-RV CO2 4:11

11 because we who are alive are always being given over to death for Yeshua’s sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal bodies.

OET-RV CO2 4:12

12 So then, death is working in us, but life is working in all of you.

OET-RV CO2 4:13

13 We have the same spirit of faith as what’s written: ‘I believed, therefore I talked about it.’ We also believe so we also talk about it,

OET-RV CO2 4:14

14 knowing that the one who brought Yeshua back to life, will also bring us back to life along with Yeshua, and will be presenting us along with all of you.

OET-RV CO2 4:15

15 All of this is for you, so that after experiencing much grace, you all will be even more thankful and thus honour God.

OET-RV CO2 4:16

16 Because of that we’re not discouraged because even if our outer person is being ruined, our inner person is being renewed day by day

OET-LV CO2 4:10

10 always the death of_ the _Yaʸsous in our body carrying _about, in _order _that also the life of_ the _Yaʸsous in the body of _us may _be _revealed.

OET-LV CO2 4:11

11 For/Because always we, the ones living, to death are _being _given _over because _of Yaʸsous, in _order _that also the life of _the of_Yaʸsous may _be _revealed in the mortal flesh of _us.

OET-LV CO2 4:12

12 So _then the death in us is _working, but the life in you _all.

OET-LV CO2 4:13

13 But having the same spirit of_ the _faith, according _to the message having _been _written:
I _believed, therefore I _spoke, also we are _believing, therefore also we _are _speaking,

OET-LV CO2 4:14

14 having _known that the one having _raised the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa), also us with Yaʸsous will _be _raising, and will _be _presenting us with you _all.

OET-LV CO2 4:15

15 For/Because the things all are because _of you _all, in _order _that the grace having _been _plentiful through the more, the thanksgiving may _be _plentiful to the glory of_ the _god.

OET-LV CO2 4:16

16 Therefore not we _are _losing _heart, but if also the outside of _us person is _being _ruined, but the person inside of _us is _being _renewed by _day and day.

Show passage in OET: ROM 8:11

OET-RV ROM 8:11

11 Yes, if the spirit of the one who brought Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) back to life is living in you, then the one who brought Messiah Yeshua back to life will also give life to your mortal bodies by means of his spirit living inside you.

OET-LV ROM 8:11

11 But if the spirit of _the one having _raised the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) from the_dead is _indwelling in you _all, the one having _raised from the_dead chosen _one /messiah Yaʸsous will _be _giving _life also to _the mortal bodies of _you _all, through the indwelling of _him of_spirit in you _all.

Jump to OET CO2 4:10–16 section.

Jump to OET ROM 8:11 section.