2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart.
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In The King James Version
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
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Cross References
2 Corinthians 3:6our fitness comes from God, who himself made us fit to be assistants of a new covenant, of which the substance is, not a written Law, but a Spirit. For the written Law means death, but the Spirit gives life.
2 Corinthians 4:16Therefore, as I said, we do not lose heart. No, even though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
Galatians 6:9Let us never tire of doing right, for at the proper season we will reap our harvest, if we do not grow weary.
Ephesians 3:13Therefore I beg you not to be disheartened at the sufferings that I am undergoing for your sakes; for they redound to your honor.
2 Thessalonians 3:13You, friends, must not grow weary of doing what is right.
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 →