📖WEB · 2 Corinthians 6:5

What does 2 Corinthians 6:5 mean?

"in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;"

— 2 Corinthians 6:5 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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for he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you, in a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.

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We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,

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but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,

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in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;

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in pureness, in knowledge, in perseverance, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love,

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in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

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by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;

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