2 Corinthians 6:4
but in all things we commend ourselves as the ministers of God, in much suffering, in afflictions, in distresses, in straits,
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
3for we put no stumbling-block in any man’s way, in order that this ministry may not be blamed;
5in stripes, in prisons,, in commotions, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
Cross References
Luke 21:19By your patient endurance, preserve your lives.
Acts 9:16For I will show him what great things he must suffer for my name.
Acts 20:34You yourselves know that these hands have ministered to my necessities, and to those who were with me.
Romans 5:8But God makes known his love to us in this, that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us:
Romans 14:18For he who serves the 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 →