2 Corinthians 4:1 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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)

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

Common English Bible

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

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

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 the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

Isaiah 40:31

but they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

Jeremiah 45:3

Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.

Luke 18:1

And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;

1 Corinthians 3:5

What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him.

1 Corinthians 7:25

Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgement, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

2 Corinthians 3:12

Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,

2 Corinthians 3:6

who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

2 Corinthians 4:16

Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

2 Corinthians 5:18

But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation;

Galatians 6:9

And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Ephesians 3:13

Wherefore I ask that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

2 Thessalonians 3:13

But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing.

1 Timothy 1:13

though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief;

Hebrews 12:3

For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against themselves, that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls.

1 Peter 2:10

which in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

Revelation 2:3

and thou hast patience and didst bear for my name's sake, and hast not grown weary.