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2 Corinthians 4:1
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KJ21
Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy we faint not,
ASV
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not:
AMP
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.
AMPC
Therefore, since we do hold and engage in this ministry by the mercy of God [granting us favor, benefits, opportunities, and especially salvation], we do not get discouraged (spiritless and despondent with fear) or become faint with weariness and exhaustion.
BRG
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
CSB
Therefore, since we have this ministry because we were shown mercy, we do not give up.
CSBA
Therefore, since we have this ministry because we were shown mercy, we do not give up.
CEB
This is why we don’t get discouraged, given that we received this ministry in the same way that we received God’s mercy.
CJB
God has shown us such mercy that we do not lose courage as we do the work he has given us.
CEV
God has been kind enough to trust us with this work. This is why we never give up.
DARBY
Therefore, having this ministry, as we have had mercy shewn us, we faint not.
DLNT
For this reason, having this ministry even-as we received-mercy, we do not lose-heart.
DRA
Therefore, seeing we have this ministration, according as we have obtained mercy, we faint not;
ERV
God, with his mercy, gave us this work to do, so we don’t give up.
EASY
God has given us this work to speak his message. Because he has been so kind to us, we are not afraid to continue.
EHV
Therefore, since we have this ministry as a result of the mercy shown us, we are not discouraged.
ESV
Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.
ESVUK
Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.
EXB
[L Therefore,] Since God in his mercy gave us this ·work to do [ministry], we don’t ·give up [lose heart; become discouraged].
GNV
1 He showeth that he hath so labored in preaching the Gospel, 4 That such are even blinded of Satan, who do not perceive the brightness thereof, 7 that the same is carried in earthen vessels, 10 who are subject to many miseries: 16 and therefore he exhorteth them by his own example to be courageous, 17 and condemn this present life. Therefore, seeing that we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not:
GW
We don’t become discouraged, since God has given us this ministry through his mercy.
GNT
God in his mercy has given us this work to do, and so we do not become discouraged.
HCSB
Therefore, since we have this ministry because we were shown mercy, we do not give up.
ICB
God, with his mercy, gave us this work to do. So we don’t give up.
ISV
Therefore, since we have this ministry through the mercy shown to us, we do not get discouraged.
PHILLIPS
This is the ministry of the new agreement which God in his mercy has given us and nothing can daunt us. We use no hocus-pocus, no clever tricks, no dishonest manipulation of the Word of God. We speak the plain truth and so commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. If our Gospel is “veiled”, the veil must be in the minds of those who are spiritually dying. The spirit of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe, and prevents the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, the image of God, from shining on them. For it is Christ Jesus the Lord whom we preach, not ourselves; we are your servants for his sake. God, who first ordered ‘light to shine in darkness’, has flooded our hearts with his light. We now can enlighten men only because we can give them knowledge of the glory of God, as we see it in the face of Jesus Christ.
JUB
¶ Therefore seeing we have this ministry, according to the mercy we have received, we fault not,
KJV
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
AKJV
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
LSB
Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart,
LEB
Because of this, since we have this ministry, just as we have been shown mercy, we do not lose heart,
TLB
It is God himself, in his mercy, who has given us this wonderful work of telling his Good News to others, and so we never give up.
MSG
Since God has so generously let us in on what he is doing, we’re not about to throw up our hands and walk off the job just because we run into occasional hard times. We refuse to wear masks and play games. We don’t maneuver and manipulate behind the scenes. And we don’t twist God’s Word to suit ourselves. Rather, we keep everything we do and say out in the open, the whole truth on display, so that those who want to can see and judge for themselves in the presence of God.
MEV
Therefore, since we have this ministry through the mercy we have received, we do not lose heart.
MOUNCE
Therefore since we have · this ministry, just as we have received mercy, we are not discouraged.
NOG
We don’t become discouraged, since God has given us this ministry through his mercy.
NABRE
Therefore, since we have this ministry through the mercy shown us, we are not discouraged.
NASB
Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart,
NASB1995
Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart,
NCB
Therefore, since we are engaged in this ministry through the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.
NCV
God, with his mercy, gave us this work to do, so we don’t give up.
NET
Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.
NIRV
So because of God’s mercy, we have work to do. He has given it to us. And we don’t give up.
NIV
Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.
NIVUK
Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.
NKJV
Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart.
NLV
Through God’s loving-kindness, He has given us this job to do. So we do not give up.
NLT
Therefore, since God in his mercy has given us this new way, we never give up.
NMB
Therefore, seeing that we have such an office, even as mercy has come on us, we faint not,
NRSVA
Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart.
NRSVACE
Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart.
NRSVCE
Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart.
NRSVUE
Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart.
NTFE
For this reason, since we have this work entrusted to us in accordance with the mercy we have received, we don’t lose heart.
OJB
Therefore, since it is by the chesed of Hashem that we have this sherut, this kehunah, [2C 3:16] we are undaunted. [TEHILLIM 18:45; YESHAYAH 40:31]
RGT
Therefore, seeing that we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not faint.
RSV
Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.
RSVCE
Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.
TLV
For this reason, since we have this ministry, just as we received mercy, we do not lose heart.
VOICE
Since we are joined together in this ministry as a result of the mercy shown to all of us by God, we do not become discouraged.
WEB
Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don’t faint.
WE
God in his kindness gave us this work. So we do not give up.
WYC
Therefore we that have this administration [Therefore we having this administration, or office], after this that we have gotten mercy, fail we not,
YLT
Because of this, having this ministration, according as we did receive kindness, we do not faint,
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