2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore having received this ministry, as we have obtained mercy, we are not disheartened:
1770 John Worsley NT
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 also fitted us to be ministers of the 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 disheartened: but though our outward man decayeth, yet the inward man is renewed daily.
Galatians 6:9And let us not be weary in doing good: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Ephesians 3:13Wherefore I desire that ye would not be discouraged at my afflictions on your account, which is your glory.
2 Thessalonians 3:13But be not you, my brethren, discouraged from well-doing. And if any obey not our order,
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 →