2 Corinthians 6:4-6

6:4 But as God’s servants, ¹  we have commended ourselves in every way, ²  with great endurance, in persecutions, ³  in difficulties, in distresses, 6:5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, ⁴  in troubles, ⁵  in sleepless nights, in hunger, 6:6 by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by benevolence, by the Holy Spirit, ⁶  by genuine ⁷  love,

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¹ tn Or “ministers.”

² tn Or “we have commended ourselves by all things.”

³ tn Or “in trouble and suffering.”

⁴ tn Or “rebellions” (uprisings in open defiance of civil authority).

⁵ tn Usually κόποις (kopois) has been translated as “labors” or “hard work,” but see Matt 26:10 where it means “trouble”; “distress” (L&N 22.7). In this context with so many other terms denoting suffering and difficulty, such a meaning is preferable.

⁶ tn Or “by holiness of spirit.”

⁷ tn Or “sincere.”