2 Corinthians 6:5
Context6:5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, 1 in troubles, 2 in sleepless nights, in hunger,
2 Corinthians 12:10
Context12:10 Therefore I am content with 3 weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties 4 for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
1 tn Or “rebellions” (uprisings in open defiance of civil authority).
2 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.
3 tn Or “I take delight in.”
4 tn Or “calamities.”