We Do Not Lose Heart (2 Cor. 4)

Therefore having this ministry

As we have been shown mercy

We do not lose heart; (4:1)

Because the God who said

Out of darkness light shall shine

Is the One who shined in our hearts

To illuminate the knowledge of the glory

Of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (4:6)

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels

That the excellency of the power

May be of God and not out of us. (4:7)

And having the same spirit of faith

According to that which is written

“I believed

therefore I spoke

”

We also believe

and also speak

(4:13)

Therefore we do not lose heart;

But though our outer man is decaying

Yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. (4:16)

Because we do not regard the things which are seen

But the things which are not seen;

For the things which are seen are temporary

But the things which are not seen are eternal. (4:18)

Therefore having this ministry

As we have been shown mercy

We do not lose heart. (4:1)