2 Coríntios 4:1

Tesouros em Vasos de Barro

1 Portanto, visto que temos este ministério pela misericórdia que nos foi dada, não desanimamos.

2 Coríntios 4:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore seeing we have this ministry
The apostle having largely insisted on the difference between the law and the Gospel, the ministration of the one and of the other, proceeds to give an account of his own conduct, and that of his fellow apostles and ministers: "we", says he, "faint not"; under all the reproaches cast upon us, persecutions raised against us, and tribulations that attend us; we do not sink in our spirits, or give out from the ministry; we go on cheerfully in our work, in the thee of all opposition, encouraged by the consideration of the excellency of the ministry, which they had from the Lord, were put into, and continued in; which was so valuable in itself, and so useful in its effects; being the ministration of the Spirit and of righteousness, having in it such an excelling glory to the law, and attended with so much light and liberty: to which he adds the consideration of the mercy of God they were partakers of,

as we have received mercy;
which may refer either to the grace and mercy of God, which they had received in conversion; a sense of which abiding upon them, so influenced their minds, to hold forth the riches of abounding grace and mercy to poor sinners in the Gospel, that nothing could deter them from it; or to the grace, favour, and good will of God, in making, supporting, and continuing them as ministers of the word; all which, they were sensible, was owing not to men, but God; not to their merit, but to his mercy; not to their worthiness, parts, learning but to his free gift, favour, and grace, by which only they were what they were, as preachers of the Gospel.

2 Coríntios 4:1 In-Context

1 Portanto, visto que temos este ministério pela misericórdia que nos foi dada, não desanimamos.

2 Antes, renunciamos aos procedimentos secretos e vergonhosos; não usamos de engano nem torcemos a palavra de Deus. Ao contrário, mediante a clara exposição da verdade, recomendamo-nos à consciência de todos, diante de Deus.

3 Mas, se o nosso evangelho está encoberto, para os que estão perecendo é que está encoberto.

4 O deus desta era cegou o entendimento dos descrentes, para que não vejam a luz do evangelho da glória de Cristo, que é a imagem de Deus.

5 Mas não pregamos a nós mesmos, mas a Jesus Cristo, o Senhor, e a nós como escravos de vocês, por causa de Jesus.