2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, since we have this ministry, and in as much as we have obtained mercy for ourselves, we are not inadequate.
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Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
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Cross References
Isaiah 40:30Servants will struggle and fail, and young men will fall into infirmity.
2 Corinthians 3:6And he has made us suitable ministers of the New Testament, not in the letter, but in the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
2 Corinthians 4:16For this reason, we are not insufficient. But it is as though our outer man is corrupted, while our inner man is renewed from day to day.
Galatians 6:9And so, let us not be deficient in doing good. For in due time, we shall reap without fail.
Ephesians 3:13Because of this, I ask you not to be weakened by my tribulations on your behalf; for this is your glory.
2 Thessalonians 3:13And you, brothers, do not grow weak in 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 →