Paul's term for a person's true self as seen by God, contrasted with the merely outward physical and decaying body (2 Cor. 4: 16). This aspect of one's self desires the right and the good even when one's lower nature indulges in sin (Rom. 7: 22 f.).
Citation for inner being
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MLA
"inner being." In A Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online. May 24, 2013. <http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e2142>.
Chicago
"inner being." In A Dictionary of the Bible. , edited by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online, http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e2142 (accessed May 24, 2013).