¹ Because of this, having this ministration, according as we did receive kindness, we do not faint,

¹³ and ye, brethren, may ye not be weary doing well,

⁹ and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap -- not desponding;

³ and thou didst bear, and hast endurance, and because of my name hast toiled, and hast not been weary.

¹³ wherefore, I ask `you' not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

¹⁶ wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day;

⁶ who also made us sufficient `to be' ministrants of a new covenant, not of letter, but of spirit; for the letter doth kill, and the spirit doth make alive.

²⁵ And concerning the virgins, a command of the Lord I have not; and I give judgment as having obtained kindness from the Lord to be faithful:

¹⁰ who `were' once not a people, and `are' now the people of God; who had not found kindness, and now have found kindness.

³ for consider again him who endured such gainsaying from the sinners to himself, that ye may not be wearied in your souls -- being faint.

¹³ who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did `it' in unbelief,

¹³ For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

⁷ of which I became a ministrant, according to the gift of the grace of God that was given to me, according to the working of His power;

⁸ to me -- the less than the least of all the saints -- was given this grace, among the nations to proclaim good news -- the untraceable riches of the Christ,

¹⁸ And the all things `are' of God, who reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and did give to us the ministration of the reconciliation,

¹² Having, then, such hope, we use much freedom of speech,

³⁰ Even youths are wearied and fatigued, And young men utterly stumble,