Parallel Verses
Twentieth Century New Testament
Therefore, since it is by God's mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart.
New American Standard Bible
Therefore, since we have this
King James Version
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
Holman Bible
Therefore, since we have this ministry because we were shown mercy,
International Standard Version
Therefore, since we have this ministry through the mercy shown to us, we do not get discouraged.
A Conservative Version
Because of this (having this ministry), in as much as we received mercy, we do not become discouraged.
American Standard Version
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not:
Amplified
Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as we received mercy [from God, granting us salvation, opportunities, and blessings], we do not get discouraged nor lose our motivation.
An Understandable Version
So, having obtained this ministry through [God's] mercy, we do not become discouraged.
Anderson New Testament
Wherefore, having this ministry, inasmuch as we have received mercy, we faint not;
Bible in Basic English
For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong:
Common New Testament
Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart.
Daniel Mace New Testament
Therefore, having by the divine favour such a ministry, I exert myself:
Darby Translation
Therefore, having this ministry, as we have had mercy shewn us, we faint not.
Godbey New Testament
Therefore having this ministry, as we have obtained mercy, we faint not;
Goodspeed New Testament
So since by the mercy of God I am engaged in this service, I never lose heart.
John Wesley New Testament
Therefore having this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not: But have renounced the hidden things of shame,
Julia Smith Translation
For this, having this service, as we were compassionated, we lose not courage;
King James 2000
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Because of this, [since we] have this ministry, just as we have been shown mercy, we do not lose heart,
Modern King James verseion
Therefore since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not faint.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Therefore seeing that we have such an office, even as mercy is come on us, we faint not:
Moffatt New Testament
Hence, as I hold this ministry by God's mercy to me, I never lose heart in it;
Montgomery New Testament
So then, as I have this ministry because of God's mercy to me, I do not lose heart.
NET Bible
Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.
New Heart English Bible
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we do not faint.
Noyes New Testament
Therefore, having this ministry through the mercy we received, we are not fainthearted;
Sawyer New Testament
Therefore, having this ministry, as we have obtained mercy we faint not,
The Emphasized Bible
Wherefore, having this ministry, even as we received mercy, we faint not;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
THEREFORE having this ministry, as we have obtained mercy, we faint not;
Webster
Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
Weymouth New Testament
Therefore, being engaged in this service and being mindful of the mercy which has been shown us, we are not cowards.
Williams New Testament
So, because I hold a place in this ministry and that because I have had God's mercy shown me, I never give up.
World English Bible
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don't faint.
Worrell New Testament
Therefore, having this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not;
Worsley New Testament
Therefore having received this ministry, as we have obtained mercy, we are not disheartened:
Youngs Literal Translation
Because of this, having this ministration, according as we did receive kindness, we do not faint,
Themes
Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » True believers do not faint under
Craftiness » Who does not walk in craftiness
Dishonesty » Who renounces the hidden things of dishonesty
Faint not » True believers do not faint under afflictions
Leaders » Heal persecution of » Divinely appointed
Ministers » Divinely appointed
Interlinear
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Fausets
Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 Corinthians 4:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proclaiming Jesus Christ As Lord
1 Therefore, since it is by God's mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart. 2 No, we have renounced the secrecy prompted by shame, refusing to adopt crafty ways, or to tamper with God's Message, and commending ourselves to every man's conscience, in the sight of God, by our exhibition of the Truth.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:25
With regard to unmarried women, I have no command from the Master to give you, but I tell you my opinion, and it is that of a man whom the Master in his mercy has made worthy to be trusted.
2 Corinthians 3:6
Our fitness comes from God, who himself made us fit to be ministers of a New Covenant, of which the substance is, not a written Law, but a Spirit. For the written Law means Death, but the Spirit gives Life.
2 Corinthians 4:16
Therefore, as I said, we do not lose heart. No, even though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
Galatians 6:9
Let us never tire of doing right, for at the proper season we shall reap our harvest, if we do not grow weary.
Ephesians 3:13
Therefore I beg you not to be disheartened at the sufferings that I am undergoing for your sakes; for they redound to your honor.
2 Thessalonians 3:13
You, Brothers, must not grow weary of doing what is right.
1 Timothy 1:13
though I once used to blaspheme, and to persecute, and to insult. Yet mercy was shown me, because I acted in ignorance, while still an unbeliever;
2 Corinthians 3:12
With such a hope as this, we speak with all plainness;
2 Corinthians 5:18
But all this is the work of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave us the Ministry of Reconciliation--
Ephesians 3:7-8
Of this Good News I became a minister, in virtue of the charge with which God entrusted me in the exercise of his power--
Philippians 4:13
I can do everything in the strength of him who makes me strong!
Hebrews 12:3
Weigh well the example of him who had to endure such opposition from 'men who were sinning against themselves,' so that you should not grow weary or faint-hearted.
1 Peter 2:10
Once you were 'not a people,' but now you are 'God's People'; once you 'had not found mercy,' but now you 'have found mercy.'
Revelation 2:3
You possess endurance, and have borne much for my Name, and have never grown weary.