2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, we are not weary in this ministry which we have received, according to the mercies that have been upon us:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 hath fitted us to be ministers of the new Testament, not in the letter, but in the Spirit; for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.
2 Corinthians 4:16For this cause we faint not; for though our outward man perish, yet the inner man is renovated day by day.
Galatians 6:9And while we do what is good, let it not be wearisome to us; for the time will come when we shall reap, and it will not be tedious to us.
Ephesians 3:13Therefore I pray, that I may not be discouraged by my afflictions, which are for your sakes; for this is your glory.
2 Thessalonians 3:13And my brethren, let it not be wearisome to you, to do what is good.
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 →