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Might (δυνάμει)
Rev., power. Appropriate to the succeeding phrase the inner man, since it signifies faculty or virtue not necessarily manifest.
In the inward man (εἰς τὸν ἔσω ἄνθρωπον)
The force of the preposition is into: might entering into the inmost personality. Inward man: compare outward man, 2Co 4:16. It is the rational and moral I; the essence of the man which is conscious of itself as a moral personality. In the unregenerate it is liable to fall under the power of sin (Rom 7:23); and in the regenerate it needs constant renewing and strengthening by the Spirit of God, as here. Compare the hidden man of the heart, 1Pe 3:4.