2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, since we have this ministry by God's mercy, we do not loose heart;
Revised King James New Testament
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 has also made us able ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter kills, but the spirit gives life.
2 Corinthians 4:16For this reason we do not loose heart; but though our outer man perish, yet the inner man is renewed day by day.
Galatians 6:9And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we do not loose heart.
Ephesians 3:13Therefore I ask that you not be discouraged at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.
2 Thessalonians 3:13But you, brethren, do not be weary in doing 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 →