2 Corinthians 6:4 · KJV
“But in all {things} approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, {approving: Gr. commending}”
— 2 Corinthians 6:4
Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; {in tumults: or, in tossings to and fro}
2 Corinthians 6 — Context
(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.)
3Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
4But in all {things} approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, {approving: Gr. commending}
5In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; {in tumults: or, in tossings to and fro}
6By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
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.
2 Corinthians 4:8
{We are} troubled on every side, yet not distressed; {we are} perplexed, but not in despair; {in despair: or, altogether without help, or, means}
2 Corinthians 11:27
In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
1 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;
Romans 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?
Romans 5:3-4
And not only {so}, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Philippians 4:11-12
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, {therewith} to be content.
1 Corinthians 3:5
Who then is Paul, and who {is} Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?