2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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 the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall;
2 Corinthians 3:6who also made us sufficient as servants 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 don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day.
Galatians 6:9Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season if we don’t give up.
Ephesians 3:13Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.
2 Thessalonians 3:13But you, brothers, don’t be weary in 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 →