2 Corinthians 6:4
but in everything commending ourselves as helpers of God, in much perseverance, in afflictions, in necessities, in restrictions,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3giving not one cause of stumbling in anything, so that the ministry may not be criticized,
5in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hungerings,
Cross References
Joel 1:9The meal-offering and the drink-offering are cut off from the house of LORD. The priests, LORD's ministers, mourn.
Luke 21:19In your perseverance ye gain your souls.
Acts 9:16For I will give him a glimpse of how many things it is necessary for him to suffer for my name.
Acts 20:34Ye yourselves know that these hands served my needs, and to those who were with me.
Romans 5:8But God commends his love toward us, that, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 14:18For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God, and approved by 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 →