2 Corinthians 4:1

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Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart;

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  • 2 Thess 3:13 : 13 But you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.
  • Gal 6:9 : 9 And let us not grow weary in doing good: for in due season we shall reap, if we do not faint.
  • Eph 3:13 : 13 Therefore I ask that you not faint at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
  • 1 Cor 7:25 : 25 Now concerning virgins: I have no command from the Lord, yet I give my judgment as one whom the Lord in his mercy has made trustworthy.
  • 2 Cor 3:6 : 6 Who also made us able ministers of the new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
  • 2 Cor 4:16 : 16 For this reason we do not lose heart; but though our outward man perishes, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
  • Rev 2:3 : 3 And have borne, and have patience, and for my name's sake have labored, and have not fainted.
  • Isa 40:30 : 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall,
  • 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 Although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
  • Heb 12:3 : 3 For consider him who endured such hostility from sinners against himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your minds.
  • 1 Pet 2:10 : 10 Who once were not a people, but now are the people of God; who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
  • 2 Cor 5:18 : 18 And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation;
  • 2 Cor 3:12 : 12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
  • Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
  • Eph 3:7-8 : 7 Of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power. 8 To me, who am less than the least of all saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

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    2But have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

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    15For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many abound to the glory of God.

    16For this reason we do not lose heart; but though our outward man perishes, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

    17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

    18While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporary; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

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    5For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

    6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

    7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not of us.

    8We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

    9Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

    10Always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also might be made manifest in our body.

    11For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life of Jesus also might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

    12So then, death works in us, but life in you.

    13We having the same spirit of faith, as it is written, 'I believed, and therefore I spoke'; we also believe, and therefore speak;

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    4But as we were allowed by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.

    5For neither at any time did we use flattering words, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness; God is witness:

    6Nor did we seek glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

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    3Giving no offense in anything, that the ministry may not be blamed:

    4But in all things commending ourselves as the ministers of God: in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

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    8For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed beyond measure, above strength, so much that we despaired even of life.

    9But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

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    16Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

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    4And such trust we have through Christ toward God:

    5Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,

    6Who also made us able ministers of the new covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

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    1Let a man account of us as ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

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    17For we are not like many who corrupt the word of God; but as of sincerity, as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.

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    12Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

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    11Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I hope are well known also in your consciences.

    12For we do not commend ourselves again to you, but give you an opportunity to boast on our behalf, so that you may have an answer for those who boast in appearance and not in heart.

    13For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

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    10We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honored, but we are despised.

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    4Earnestly pleading with us for the privilege of participating in the service to the saints.

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    20Avoiding this, that anyone should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us;

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    9Not because we do not have the right, but to make ourselves an example for you to follow.

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    4Who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, by the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

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    13Therefore I ask that you not faint at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

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    7For we walk by faith, not by sight.

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    18And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation;

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    2Receive us; we have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have defrauded no one.

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    4So that we ourselves boast of you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure:

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    18The Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord in that day, and you know very well how many things he ministered to me at Ephesus.

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    12And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure it.

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    12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

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    16However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all patience as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.

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    4But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

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    5But be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

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    12If others are partakers of this right over you, should not we even more? Nevertheless, we have not used this right, but endure all things lest we hinder the gospel of Christ.

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    16For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.