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2 Corinthians 6:5 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 6 · verse 5
In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;2 Corinthians 6:5 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 6:5 in context
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,
5In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
6By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
7By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- imprisonmentsphylakēguard, watch, a watching, keeping watch, to keep watch, persons keeping watch, a guard…G5438 →
- fastingsnēsteiaa fasting, fast, a voluntary, as a religious exercise, of private fasting, the public…G3521 →
- stripesplēgēa blow, stripe, a wound, a public calamity, heavy affliction, plagueG4127 →
- tumultsakatastasiainstability, a state of disorder, disturbance, confusionG181 →
- labourskoposa beating, a beating of the breast with grief, sorrow, labour, trouble, to cause one…G2873 →
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In these verses we have an account of the apostle's general errand and exhortation to all to whom he preached in every place where he came, with the several arguments and methods he used. Observe, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10