2 Corinthians 6:4
but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God: in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
In Context
3We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,
5in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings,
Cross References
Joel 1:9The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from the LORD’s house. The priests, the LORD’s ministers, mourn.
Luke 21:19“By your endurance you will win your lives.
Acts 9:16For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.”
Acts 20:34You yourselves know that these hands served my necessities, and those who were with me.
Romans 5:8But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet 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 →