2 Corinthians 4:1
Because of this (having this ministry), in as much as we received mercy, we do not become discouraged.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 40:30Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall.
2 Corinthians 3:6who also made us qualified helpers of a new covenant, not of a document, but of a spirit, for the document kills but the spirit makes alive.
2 Corinthians 4:16Therefore we are not discouraged, but even if the outer man of us is perishing, yet the inner man is renewed day by day.
Galatians 6:9And let us not be weary doing good, for in our own time we will reap, not desponding.
Ephesians 3:13Therefore I ask that ye not become discouraged at my tribulations on your behalf, which is your glory.
2 Thessalonians 3:13But ye, brothers, do not become weary doing good.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 4:1
In this chapter we have an account, I. Of the constancy of the apostle and his fellow-labourers in their work. Their constancy in declared ( ver. 1 ), their sincerity is vouched ( ver. 2 ), an objection is obviated ( ver. 3, 4 ), and their integrity proved, ver. 5-7 . II. Of their courage and patience under their sufferings. Where see what their sufferings were, together with their allays ( ver. 8-12 ), and what it was that kept them from sinking and fainting under them, ver. 13, to the end . Read the whole commentary →