2 Corinthians 4:1 - Tree of Life Version For this reason, since we have this ministry, just as we received mercy, we do not lose heart. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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; |
but they who wait for Adonai will renew their strength. They will soar up with wings as eagles. They will run, and not grow weary. They will walk, and not be faint.
‘Oy to me now! For Adonai has added sorrow to my pain. I am worn out with my groaning, and I find no rest.’”
Then Yeshua told them a parable to show that they should always pray and not be discouraged,
What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to trust—and to each as the Lord gave.
Now concerning virgins I have no command from the Lord, but I give an opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
He also made us competent as servants of a new covenant—not of the letter, but of the Ruach. For the letter kills, but the Ruach gives life.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Messiah and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.
So let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we don’t give up.
So I ask you not to be discouraged by my troubles on your behalf—they are your glory.
even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man. Yet I was shown mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,
Consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and lose heart.
Once you were “not a people,” but now you are “God’s people.” You were shown “no mercy,” but now you have been shown “mercy.”
You have perseverance and have endured for My name’s sake, and you have not grown weary.