2 Corinthians 4:1

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Paul’s Perseverance in Ministry Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.

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  • 2 Thess 3:13 : 13 But you, brothers and sisters, do not grow weary in doing what is right.
  • Gal 6:9 : 9 So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.
  • Eph 3:13 : 13 For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.
  • 1 Cor 7:25 : 25 Remaining Unmarried With regard to the question about people who have never married, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy.
  • 2 Cor 3:6 : 6 who made us adequate to be servants of a new covenant not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
  • 2 Cor 4:16 : 16 Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day.
  • Rev 2:3 : 3 I am also aware that you have persisted steadfastly, endured much for the sake of my name, and have not grown weary.
  • Isa 40:30 : 30 Even youths get tired and weary; even strong young men clumsily stumble.
  • 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,
  • Heb 12:3 : 3 Think of him who endured such opposition against himself by sinners, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up.
  • 1 Pet 2:10 : 10 You once were not a people, but now you are God’s people. You were shown no mercy, but now you have received mercy.
  • 2 Cor 5:18 : 18 And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation.
  • 2 Cor 3:12 : 12 Therefore, since we have such a hope, we behave with great boldness,
  • Phil 4:13 : 13 I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me.
  • Eph 3:7-8 : 7 I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power. 8 To me– less than the least of all the saints– this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ

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    2But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience before God.

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    15For all these things are for your sake, so that the grace that is including more and more people may cause thanksgiving to increase to the glory of God.

    16Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

    17For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison

    18because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.

  • 2 Cor 4:5-13
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    5For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake.

    6For God, who said“Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.

    7An Eternal Weight of Glory But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.

    8We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair;

    9we are persecuted, but not abandoned; we are knocked down, but not destroyed,

    10always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our body.

    11For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal body.

    12As a result, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

    13But since we have the same spirit of faith as that shown in what has been written,“I believed; therefore I spoke,” we also believe, therefore we also speak.

  • 1 Thess 2:4-6
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    4but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we declare it, not to please people but God, who examines our hearts.

    5For we never appeared with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed– God is our witness–

    6nor to seek glory from people, either from you or from others,

  • 2 Cor 6:3-4
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    3We do not give anyone an occasion for taking an offense in anything, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.

    4But as God’s servants, we have commended ourselves in every way, with great endurance, in persecutions, in difficulties, in distresses,

  • 2 Cor 6:1
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    1God’s Suffering Servants Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

  • 2 Cor 1:8-9
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    8For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living.

    9Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.

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    16Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.

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    4Now we have such confidence in God through Christ.

    5Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,

    6who made us adequate to be servants of a new covenant not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

  • 1 Cor 4:1
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    1The Apostles’ Ministry One should think about us this way– as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

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    17For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, but we are speaking in Christ before God as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God.

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    12Therefore, since we have such a hope, we behave with great boldness,

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    11The Message of Reconciliation Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we are well known to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.

    12We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may be able to answer those who take pride in outward appearance and not in what is in the heart.

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

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    10We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, we are dishonored!

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    4begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping the saints.

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    20We did this as a precaution so that no one should blame us in regard to this generous gift we are administering.

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    9It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

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

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    13For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

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    7for we live by faith, not by sight.

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

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    2Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, we have exploited no one.

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    4As a result we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you are enduring.

  • 2 Tim 1:18
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    18May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day! And you know very well all the ways he served me in Ephesus.

  • 1 Cor 4:12
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    12We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure,

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    12Paul Defends His Changed Plans For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.

  • 1 Tim 1:16
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    16But here is why I was treated with mercy: so that in me as the worst, Christ Jesus could demonstrate his utmost patience, as an example for those who are going to believe in him for eternal life.

  • Eph 2:4
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    4But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

  • 2 Tim 4:5
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    5You, however, be self-controlled in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist’s work, fulfill your ministry.

  • 1 Cor 9:12
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    12If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving?But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

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    16For we did not follow cleverly concocted fables when we made known to you the power and return of our Lord Jesus Christ; no, we were eyewitnesses of his grandeur.