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Therefore,Διὰ τοῦτοhavingἔχοντεςthisταύτηνservice,τὴν διακονίανjust asκαθὼςwe received mercy,ἠλεήθημενwe do notοὐκlose heart.ἐγκακοῦμεν
2 Corinthians 4:1
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With the Greek beneath
2 Corinthians 4:1, word by word
- havingἔχοντεςechontes
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echontes” appears- serviceδιακονίανdiakonian
service
One's task in God's work.
Where else “diakonian” appears- we received mercyἠλεήθημενēleēthēmen
have mercy
Show mercy, take pity; in the passive, receive mercy.
Where else “ēleēthēmen” appears- lose heartἐγκακοῦμενenkakoumen
lose heart
Lose heart, grow weary, give up.
Where else “enkakoumen” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in cunning nor falsifying the word of God, but by the open display of the truth commending ourselves to every person’s conscience before God.