2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, having this ministry through the mercy we received, we are not faint-hearted;
Noyes 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 40:30The youths shall faint and be weary, And the young warriors shall utterly fall.
2 Corinthians 3:6who also gave us ability to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit; for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.
2 Corinthians 4:16For which cause we are not faint-hearted; but though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Galatians 6:9And let us not be faint-hearted in well-doing; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Ephesians 3:13Wherefore I entreat you not to be disheartened by the troubles I am suffering for you, since they are 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 →