2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
Majority Standard Bible
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 youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.
2 Corinthians 3:6And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
2 Corinthians 4:16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet the inner self is being renewed day by day.
Galatians 6:9Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Ephesians 3:13So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
2 Thessalonians 3:13But as for you, brothers, do not grow 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 →