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2 Corinthians 4:1

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THEREFORE seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

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2 Thessalonians 3:13Rank 1 from verse 1
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¹³But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
Galatians 6:9Rank 2 from verse 1
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⁹And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Ephesians 3:13Rank 3 from verse 1
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¹³Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Revelation 2:3Rank 4 from verse 1
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³And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
2 Corinthians 4:16Rank 5 from verse 1
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¹⁶For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Ephesians 3:7–8Rank 6 from verse 1
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⁷Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
⁸Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
Philippians 4:13Rank 7 from verse 1
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¹³I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
1 Corinthians 7:25Rank 8 from verse 1
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²⁵Now 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.
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¹⁰Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
2 Corinthians 3:12Rank 10 from verse 1
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¹²Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
2 Corinthians 3:6Rank 11 from verse 1
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⁶Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Hebrews 12:3Rank 12 from verse 1
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³For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
1 Timothy 1:13Rank 13 from verse 1
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¹³Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
2 Corinthians 5:18Rank 14 from verse 1
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¹⁸And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
Isaiah 40:30Rank 15 from verse 1
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³⁰Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

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2 Corinthians 4:1

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seeing

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1. As a connective, because, since, or in view of a stated fact. 2. Perceiving with the eyes; observing. 3. Recognizing, discerning, understanding, or foreseeing.

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ministry

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Sense 1: Service or appointed work, including the duties of an office or charge. Sense 2: The agency, instrumentality, or means by which service is performed.

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received

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Past-tense or past-participial form of receive (to take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain).

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mercy

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Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.

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faint

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1. Weak or failing in heart, spirit, or mind; to lose courage or cease to persevere. 2. Weak, weary, or exhausted in bodily strength; to become weak or exhausted.

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¹THEREFORE seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

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²But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.