2 Corinthians 4:1

The English Standar Version

Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God,[1] we do not lose heart.

Cross References

Isaiah 40:30

Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted;

Isaiah 40:31

but they 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! For the LORD has added sorrow to my pain. I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.'

Luke 18:1

And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.

1 Corinthians 3:5

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

1 Corinthians 7:25

Now concerning[5] the betrothed,[6] I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.

2 Corinthians 3:12

Since we have such a hope, we are very bold,

2 Corinthians 3:6

who has made us competent[3] to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

2 Corinthians 4:16

So we do not lose heart. 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 through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;

Galatians 6:9

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

Ephesians 3:13

So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

2 Thessalonians 3:13

As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.

1 Timothy 1:13

though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,

Hebrews 12:3

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

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 know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary.