2Cor 4:1 | RWP | e4.org | We faint not ( ουκ εγκακουμεν ). Present active indicative of εγκακεω , late verb ( εν, κακος ) to behave badly in, to give in to evil, to lose courage. In Symmachus (LXX), Polybius, and papyri. It is the faint-hearted coward. Paul speaks of himself (literary plural). Can he not speak for all of us?

‏ 2 Corinthians 4:1

We faint not ( ουκ εγκακουμεν ). Present active indicative of εγκακεω, late verb ( εν, κακος ) to behave badly in, to give in to evil, to lose courage. In Symmachus (LXX), Polybius, and papyri. It is the faint-hearted coward. Paul speaks of himself (literary plural). Can he not speak for all of us?