2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, seeing we have this ministration, according as we have obtained mercy, we faint not;
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 40:30Youths shall faint, and labour, and young men shall fall by infirmity.
2 Corinthians 3:6Who also hath made us fit ministers of the new testament, not in the letter, but in the spirit. For the letter killeth, but the spirit quickeneth.
2 Corinthians 4:16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man is corrupted, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Galatians 6:9And in doing good, let us not fail. For in due time we shall reap, not failing.
Ephesians 3:13Wherefore I pray you not to faint at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
2 Thessalonians 3:13But you, brethren, be not weary in 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 →