2 Corinthians 6:4
But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
King James Version
In Context
3Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
5In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
Cross References
Joel 1:9The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD’S ministers, mourn.
Luke 21:19In your patience possess ye your souls.
Acts 9:16For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
Acts 20:34Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
Romans 5:8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 14:18For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 6:2-11
Ministry of the Apostles. ( a. d. 57.) 1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. 2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) 3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: 4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 5… Read the whole commentary →