Word of the Day - 6/26/2008

Detrition

Detrition is the act of wearing away by rubbing.

Paul instructed the Corinthians to focus on the fact that he and his fellow workers' souls were being renewed despite the fact that their bodies were undergoing detrition.

"Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day." (II Corinthians 4:16, NASB)

Note: This statue of the apostle Paul comes from the St. Isaac Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, Russia.