The Triumphant ChurchThe Bible is talking about the inward man and the
outward man here. The outward man is our earthly
house, the body. But there is also an inward man, a
house not made with hands, man's spirit, and that is
eternal. Paul talks about the difference between the
outward man and the inward man.
2 CORINTHIANS 4:16
16 For which cause we faint not; but though
our OUTWARD MAN perish, yet the
INWARD MAN is renewed day by day.
The spirit man or the inward man is the same as
"the hidden man of the heart."
1 PETER 3:3,4
3 Whose adorning let it not be that OUTWARD
adorning [the adorning of the outward man or the body]
of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting
on of apparel;
4 But let it be THE HIDDEN MAN OF THE
HEART [the inward man], in that which is
not corruptible, even the ornament of a
meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight
of God of great price.
By something Paul said, you can see that man's
body is different from the man on the inside.
1 CORINTHIANS 9:27
27 But I keep under my body, and bring IT
[my body] into subjection: lest that by any
means, when I have preached to others, I
myself should be a castaway.
Paul called his body "it." Then who is the "I" that
brought his body into subjection? It's the man on the
inside that has become a new creature in Christ! Paul