2 Corinthians 4:1 - New Revised Standard Version

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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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ THEREFORE, SINCE we do hold and engage in this ministry by the mercy of God [granting us favor, benefits, opportunities, and especially salvation], we do not get discouraged (spiritless and despondent with fear) or become faint with weariness and exhaustion.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not:

Common English Bible

¹ This is why we don’t get discouraged, given that we received this ministry in the same way that we received God’s mercy.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Therefore, since we have this ministry, and in as much as we have obtained mercy for ourselves, we are not inadequate.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ Therefore, seeing we have this ministration, according as we have obtained mercy, we faint not;

2 Corinthians 4:1 Cross References

Isaiah 40:30

Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall exhausted;

Isaiah 40:31

but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.

Jeremiah 45:3

You said, “Woe is me! The Lord has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.”

Luke 18:1

Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart.

1 Corinthians 3:5

What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord assigned to each.

1 Corinthians 7:25

Now concerning virgins, I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.

2 Corinthians 3:12

Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with great boldness,

2 Corinthians 3:6

who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of letter but of spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

2 Corinthians 4:16

So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day.

2 Corinthians 5:18

All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation;

Galatians 6:9

So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.

Ephesians 3:13

I pray therefore that you may not lose heart over my sufferings for you; they are your glory.

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

2 Thessalonians 3:13

Brothers and sisters, do not be weary in doing what is right.

1 Timothy 1:13

even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,

Hebrews 12:3

Consider him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners, so that you may not grow weary or lose heart.

1 Peter 2:10

Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Revelation 2:3

I also know that you are enduring patiently and bearing up for the sake of my name, and that you have not grown weary.