2 Corinthians 4:1

For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong:

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Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

In Context

2And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.

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Cross References

Isaiah 40:30Even the young men will become feeble and tired, and the best of them will come to the end of his strength;

2 Corinthians 3:6Who has made us able to be servants of a new agreement; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter gives death, but the Spirit gives life.

2 Corinthians 4:16For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.

Galatians 6:9And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.

Ephesians 3:13For this reason it is my prayer that you may not become feeble because of my troubles for you, which are your glory.

2 Thessalonians 3:13And you, my brothers, do not get tired of well-doing.

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 →

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