2 Corinthians 6:4
Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no one can discredit our ministry.
5in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;
Cross References
Joel 1:9Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.
Luke 21:19By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.
Acts 9:16I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”
Acts 20:34You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.
Romans 5:8But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 14:18For whoever serves Christ in these things is pleasing 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 →