2 Corinthians 4:1
THEREFORE, having this ministry, as we received mercy, we faint not.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
In Context
Cross References
2 Corinthians 3:6who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit; for the letter kills, but the spirit makes alive.
2 Corinthians 4:16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perishes, yet the inward man is renewed day by day:
Galatians 6:9And let us not be weary in well doing; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Ephesians 3:13Wherefore I entreat that ye faint not at my afflictions for you, which is your glory.
2 Thessalonians 3:13But ye, 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 →