2 Corinthians 6:4
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:
But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
6 By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;
- KJV
- But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
- WEB
- but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God: in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,
- ASV
- but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
- DARBY
- but in everything commending ourselves as God's ministers, in much endurance, in afflictions, in necessities, in straits,
- BLB
- but in everything we are commending ourselves as God’s servants: in much endurance, in tribulations, in hardships, in distresses;
- ÅB
- men viser oss i alt som Guds tjenere: ved stort tålmod i trengsler, i nød, i angst,
- OTB
- Men i alle ting viser vi oss som Guds tjenere, med mye utholdenhet, i trengsler, i vanskeligheter, i nød,
- B1930
- men viser oss i alt som Guds tjenere: ved stort tålmod i trengsler, i nød, i angst,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 12:10
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:8
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:27
In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Read in context1 Corinthians 4:11–12
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
Read in contextRomans 8:35–36
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Read in contextRomans 5:3–4
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Read in contextPhilippians 4:11–12
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
Read in contextRevelation 3:10
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
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