2 Corinthians 4:1 - 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. 更多版本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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore, seeing we have this ministration, according as we have obtained mercy, we faint not; English Standard Version 2016 Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. |
But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will take up wings like eagles. They will run and not struggle. They will walk and not tire.
You have said: 'Woe to me, a wretched man! For the Lord has added sorrow to my sorrow. I have labored in my groaning, and I have not found rest.'
We are only the ministers of him in whom you have believed, just as the Lord has granted to each of you.
Now, concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord. But I give counsel, as one who has obtained the mercy of the Lord, so as to be faithful.
And he has made us suitable ministers of the New Testament, not in the letter, but in the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
For this reason, we are not insufficient. But it is as though our outer man is corrupted, while our inner man is renewed from day to day.
But all is of God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.
And so, let us not be deficient in doing good. For in due time, we shall reap without fail.
Because of this, I ask you not to be weakened by my tribulations on your behalf; for this is your glory.
though previously I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and contemptuous. But then I obtained the mercy of God. For I had been acting ignorantly, in unbelief.
So then, meditate upon him who endured such adversity from sinners against himself, so that you may not become weary, failing in your souls.
Though in past times you were not a people, yet now you are the people of God. Though you had not obtained mercy, yet now you have obtained mercy.
And you have patient endurance for the sake of my name, and you have not fallen away.