2 Corinthians 4:1
Strong's Lexicon
Therefore
Διὰ (Dia)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

τοῦτο (touto)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

since we have
ἔχοντες (echontes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

this
ταύτην (tautēn)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

ministry
διακονίαν (diakonian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1248: Waiting at table; in a wider sense: service, ministration. From diakonos; attendance; figuratively aid, service.

through
καθὼς (kathōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 2531: According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.

the mercy [of God],
ἠλεήθημεν (ēleēthēmen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1653: To pity, have mercy on. From eleos; to compassionate.

we do not lose heart.
ἐγκακοῦμεν (enkakoumen)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1573: To be faint, be weary. From ek and kakos; to be weak, i.e. to fail.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.

Young's Literal Translation
Because of this, having this ministration, according as we did receive kindness, we do not faint,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore , since we have this ministry because we were shown mercy, we do not give up.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart,

King James Bible
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.

New Living Translation
Therefore, since God in his mercy has given us this new way, we never give up.

English Standard Version
Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart,

King James Bible
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, since we have this ministry because we were shown mercy, we do not give up.

International Standard Version
Therefore, since we have this ministry through the mercy shown to us, we do not get discouraged.

NET Bible
Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.

American Standard Version
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not:

English Revised Version
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not:

Young's Literal Translation
Because of this, having this ministration, according as we did receive kindness, we do not faint,
















Cross References
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Jeremiah 45:3
Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.

Luke 18:1
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

1 Corinthians 3:5
Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

1 Corinthians 7:25
Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

2 Corinthians 4:16
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

Galatians 6:9
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Ephesians 3:13
Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

2 Thessalonians 3:13
But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

2 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:

2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
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