[a]We give no occasion of offence in anything, that our ministry should not be reprehended.

But in all things we [b]approve ourselves as (A)the ministers of God, [c]in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses.

In stripes, in prisons, in [d]tumults, in labors,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:3 He showeth the Corinthians a pattern of a true minister, in his own example, and Timothy and Silvanus, to the end, that (as he purposed from the beginning) he might procure authority to himself and his like.
  2. 2 Corinthians 6:4 Declare and show indeed.
  3. 2 Corinthians 6:4 He first of all reckoneth up those things which are neither always in the ministers, nor without exception, unless it be according to the affection of the mind, patience only except, which also is one of the virtues which ought to be always in a good minister.
  4. 2 Corinthians 6:5 In tossing to and fro, finding no place of rest and quietness.

Paul’s Hardships

We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path,(A) so that our ministry will not be discredited. Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; in beatings, imprisonments(B) and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger;(C)

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