2 Corinthians 4:1

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Because of this, having this ministration, according as we did receive kindness, we do not faint,

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  • 2 Thess 3:13 : 13 and ye, brethren, may ye not be weary doing well,
  • Gal 6:9 : 9 and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap -- not desponding;
  • Eph 3:13 : 13 wherefore, I ask `you' not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
  • 1 Cor 7:25 : 25 And concerning the virgins, a command of the Lord I have not; and I give judgment as having obtained kindness from the Lord to be faithful:
  • 2 Cor 3:6 : 6 who also made us sufficient `to be' ministrants of a new covenant, not of letter, but of spirit; for the letter doth kill, and the spirit doth make alive.
  • 2 Cor 4:16 : 16 wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day;
  • Rev 2:3 : 3 and thou didst bear, and hast endurance, and because of my name hast toiled, and hast not been weary.
  • Isa 40:30 : 30 Even youths are wearied and fatigued, And young men utterly stumble,
  • 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did `it' in unbelief,
  • Heb 12:3 : 3 for consider again him who endured such gainsaying from the sinners to himself, that ye may not be wearied in your souls -- being faint.
  • 1 Pet 2:10 : 10 who `were' once not a people, and `are' now the people of God; who had not found kindness, and now have found kindness.
  • 2 Cor 5:18 : 18 And the all things `are' of God, who reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and did give to us the ministration of the reconciliation,
  • 2 Cor 3:12 : 12 Having, then, such hope, we use much freedom of speech,
  • Phil 4:13 : 13 For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;
  • Eph 3:7-8 : 7 of which I became a ministrant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to the working of His power; 8 to me -- the less than the least of all the saints -- was given this grace, among the nations to proclaim good news -- the untraceable riches of the Christ,

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