2 Corinthians 4:1 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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 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.