2 Corinthians 6:4
but as God's ministers recommending ourselves in all things, in much endurance, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3giving no occasion for stumbling in anything, that the ministry may not be blamed;
5in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
Cross References
Joel 1:9The flour-offering and the drink-offering are cut off from the house of Jehovah; The priests, the servants of Jehovah mourn.
Luke 21:19By your constancy secure your lives.
Acts 9:16For I myself will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
Acts 20:34Ye yourselves know, that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those 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 who in this matter serveth Christ is well-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 →