2 Corinthians 6:5

in floggings, in imprisonments, in riots, in toils, in sleepless nights, in fastings;

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;

In Context

4No, we are trying to commend ourselves under all circumstances, as God’s ministers should — in many an hour of endurance, in troubles, in hardships, in difficulties,

6by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by kindliness, by holiness of spirit, by unfeigned love;

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Cross References

Matthew 14:3For Herod had arrested John, put him in chains, and shut him up in prison, to please Herodias, the wife of Herod’s brother Philip.

Mark 13:34It is like a man going on a journey, who leaves his home, puts his servants in charge — each having his special duty — and orders the porter to watch.

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 →

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