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in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; <a href="/nlt/2_corinthians/6.htm">New Living Translation</a> We have been beaten, been put in prison, faced angry mobs, worked to exhaustion, endured sleepless nights, and gone without food. <a href="/esv/2_corinthians/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; <a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger; <a href="/blb/2_corinthians/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; <a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/6.htm">King James Bible</a> In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; <a href="/nkjv/2_corinthians/6.htm">New King James Version</a> in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fastings; <a href="/nasb_/2_corinthians/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> in beatings, in imprisonments, in mob attacks, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger, <a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> in beatings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger, <a href="/nasb77/2_corinthians/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> in beatings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger, <a href="/lsb/2_corinthians/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> in beatings, in imprisonments, in disturbances, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger, <a href="/amp/2_corinthians/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in sleepless nights, in hunger, <a href="/csb/2_corinthians/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> by beatings, by imprisonments, by riots, by labors, by sleepless nights, by times of hunger, <a href="/hcsb/2_corinthians/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> by beatings, by imprisonments, by riots, by labors, by sleepless nights, by times of hunger, <a href="/asv/2_corinthians/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; <a href="/cev/2_corinthians/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> We have been beaten, put in jail, and hurt in riots. We have worked hard and have gone without sleep or food. <a href="/erv/2_corinthians/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; <a href="/gwt/2_corinthians/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> beatings, imprisonments, riots, hard work, sleepless nights, and lack of food. <a href="/gnt/2_corinthians/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> We have been beaten, jailed, and mobbed; we have been overworked and have gone without sleep or food. <a href="/isv/2_corinthians/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights, and hunger; <a href="/msb/2_corinthians/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger; <a href="/net/2_corinthians/6.htm">NET Bible</a> in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in hunger, <a href="/nheb/2_corinthians/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; <a href="/wbt/2_corinthians/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; <a href="/wey/2_corinthians/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> by floggings, by imprisonments; by facing riots, by toil, by sleepless watching, by hunger and thirst; <a href="/web/2_corinthians/6.htm">World English Bible</a> in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_corinthians/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> in stripes, in imprisonments, in insurrections, in labors, in watchings, in fastings, <a href="/blb/2_corinthians/6.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; <a href="/ylt/2_corinthians/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> in stripes, in imprisonments, in insurrections, in labours, in watchings, in fastings, <a href="/slt/2_corinthians/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> In blows, in imprisonments, in disorders, in fatigues, in watchings, in fastings;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_corinthians/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> In stripes, in prisons, in seditions, in labours, in watchings, in fastings, <a href="/cpdv/2_corinthians/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> despite wounds, imprisonment, and rebellion; with hard work, vigilance, and fasting; <a href="/nabre/2_corinthians/6.htm">New American Bible</a> beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, vigils, fasts; <a href="/nrsvce/2_corinthians/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger;<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_corinthians/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> In scourgings, in bonds, in tumults, in toilings, in vigils, in fastings; <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_corinthians/6.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> In scourgings, in chains, in seditions, in toil, in vigils, in fasts,<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/2_corinthians/6.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> in stripes, in prisons, in commotions, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; <a href="/godbey/2_corinthians/6.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> in stripes, in prisons, in tumults, in labors, in vigils, in fastings; <a href="/haweis/2_corinthians/6.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings, <a href="/mace/2_corinthians/6.htm">Mace New Testament</a> from imprisonments, from tumults, from labours, from watchings, from penury. <a href="/wey/2_corinthians/6.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> by floggings, by imprisonments; by facing riots, by toil, by sleepless watching, by hunger and thirst; <a href="/worrell/2_corinthians/6.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in toilings, in watchings, in fastings; <a href="/worsley/2_corinthians/6.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; <a href="/parallel/2_corinthians/6-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ddheG4hMg28?start=995" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/6.htm">Paul's Hardships and God's Grace</a> …4Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities; 5<a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/4127.htm" title="4127: plēgais (N-DFP) -- A blow, stripe, wound; an affliction, plague. From plesso; a stroke; by implication, a wound; figuratively, a calamity.">beatings,</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/5438.htm" title="5438: phylakais (N-DFP) -- From phulasso; a guarding or, the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or, the time, literally or figuratively.">imprisonments,</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/181.htm" title="181: akatastasiais (N-DFP) -- From akatastatos; instability, i.e. Disorder.">and riots;</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/2873.htm" title="2873: kopois (N-DMP) -- From kopto; a cut, i.e. toil, literally or figuratively; by implication, pains.">labor,</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/70.htm" title="70: agrypniais (N-DFP) -- The state of being awake (at night), sleeplessness, watching. From agrupneo; sleeplessness, i.e. A keeping awake.">sleepless nights,</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/3521.htm" title="3521: nēsteiais (N-DFP) -- Fasting, the day of atonement. From nesteuo; abstinence; specially, the fast of the Day of Atonement.">and hunger;</a> 6in purity, knowledge, patience, and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">2 Corinthians 11:23-27</a> Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death. / Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. / Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea. ... <a href="/acts/16-23.htm">Acts 16:23-24</a> And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely. / On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. <a href="/1_corinthians/4-11.htm">1 Corinthians 4:11-13</a> To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless. / We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; / when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world. <a href="/acts/14-19.htm">Acts 14:19-22</a> Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead. / But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe. / They preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, ... <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-9.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:9</a> Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. <a href="/philippians/1-29.htm">Philippians 1:29-30</a> For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him, / since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have. <a href="/acts/9-16.htm">Acts 9:16</a> I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.” <a href="/romans/8-35.htm">Romans 8:35-37</a> Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? / As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” / No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. <a href="/2_timothy/3-10.htm">2 Timothy 3:10-11</a> You, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my perseverance, / my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. <a href="/colossians/1-24.htm">Colossians 1:24</a> Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church. <a href="/acts/20-19.htm">Acts 20:19</a> I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews. <a href="/1_peter/4-12.htm">1 Peter 4:12-14</a> Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you. / But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory. / If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. <a href="/matthew/5-10.htm">Matthew 5:10-12</a> Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. / Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. / Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you. <a href="/hebrews/11-36.htm">Hebrews 11:36-38</a> Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. / They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated. / The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground. <a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3-5</a> He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. / Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. / But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;stripes.<a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">2 Corinthians 11:23-25</a> Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft… <a href="/deuteronomy/25-3.htm">Deuteronomy 25:3</a> Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.<a href="/isaiah/53-5.htm">Isaiah 53:5</a> But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.imprisonments.<a href="/1_kings/22-27.htm">1 Kings 22:27</a> And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.<a href="/2_chronicles/16-10.htm">2 Chronicles 16:10</a> Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.<a href="/jeremiah/33-1.htm">Jeremiah 33:1</a> Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,in tumults.<a href="/2_corinthians/1-8.htm">2 Corinthians 1:8-10</a> For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: … <a href="/acts/14-19.htm">Acts 14:19</a> And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.<a href="/acts/17-5.htm">Acts 17:5</a> But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.labours.<a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">2 Corinthians 11:23</a> Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.<a href="/1_corinthians/15-10.htm">1 Corinthians 15:10</a> But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.<a href="/1_thessalonians/2-9.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:9</a> For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.watchings.<a href="/2_corinthians/11-27.htm">2 Corinthians 11:27</a> In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.<a href="/ezekiel/3-17.htm">Ezekiel 3:17</a> Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.<a href="/mark/13-34.htm">Mark 13:34-37</a> For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_corinthians/15-9.htm">Attacks</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-30.htm">Beatings</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/9-26.htm">Blows</a> <a href="/acts/27-12.htm">Facing</a> <a href="/acts/14-23.htm">Fastings</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-14.htm">Floggings</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/4-8.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-34.htm">Hunger</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">Imprisonments</a> <a href="/acts/24-5.htm">Insurrections</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/16-16.htm">Labors</a> <a href="/luke/21-37.htm">Nights</a> <a href="/acts/26-10.htm">Prisons</a> <a href="/acts/24-5.htm">Riots</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-27.htm">Sleepless</a> <a href="/acts/16-33.htm">Stripes</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/4-11.htm">Thirst</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-58.htm">Toil</a> <a href="/luke/21-9.htm">Tumults</a> <a href="/acts/27-33.htm">Watching</a> <a href="/exodus/12-42.htm">Watchings</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/6-3.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_corinthians/12-10.htm">Attacks</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-6.htm">Beatings</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-20.htm">Blows</a> <a href="/philippians/4-12.htm">Facing</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-27.htm">Fastings</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-14.htm">Floggings</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/8-13.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-27.htm">Hunger</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">Imprisonments</a> <a href="/acts/24-5.htm">Insurrections</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">Labors</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-27.htm">Nights</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">Prisons</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">Riots</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-27.htm">Sleepless</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">Stripes</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-27.htm">Thirst</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-27.htm">Toil</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">Tumults</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-32.htm">Watching</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-27.htm">Watchings</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-10.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">2 Corinthians 6</div>1. <a href="/2_corinthians/6-1.htm">That he has approved himself a faithful minister of Christ by his exhortations,</a> 3. <a href="/2_corinthians/6-3.htm">and by integrity of life,</a> 4. <a href="/2_corinthians/6-4.htm">and by patiently enduring all kinds of affliction and disgrace for the gospel.</a> 10. <a href="/2_corinthians/6-10.htm">Of which he speaks the more boldly amongst them because his heart is open to them,</a> 13. <a href="/2_corinthians/6-13.htm">and he expects the like affection from them again;</a> 14. <a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">exhorting them to flee the society and pollutions of idolaters, </a> 17. <a href="/2_corinthians/6-17.htm">as being themselves temples of the living God.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Beatings were a common form of punishment in the Roman world, often used to maintain order and discipline. Paul endured such beatings as a testament to his commitment to spreading the Gospel, as seen in <a href="/acts/16-22.htm">Acts 16:22-23</a>, where he and Silas were beaten and imprisoned in Philippi. This reflects the suffering of Christ, who was also beaten before His crucifixion (<a href="/matthew/27-26.htm">Matthew 27:26</a>).imprisonments Paul's imprisonments were numerous and significant in his ministry. They provided him with opportunities to write several epistles, including Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon, known as the Prison Epistles. His time in prison also allowed him to witness to guards and fellow prisoners, as seen in <a href="/acts/16-25.htm">Acts 16:25-34</a>. Imprisonment was a common consequence for early Christians who defied Roman religious norms, highlighting the cost of discipleship.and riots Riots often erupted in response to Paul's preaching, as his message challenged both Jewish and pagan beliefs. In <a href="/acts/19-23.htm">Acts 19:23-41</a>, a riot in Ephesus was incited by silversmiths who feared the loss of income from the sale of idols. Such disturbances underscore the transformative and sometimes disruptive power of the Gospel, which often provoked strong reactions from those whose livelihoods or beliefs were threatened.in labor Paul's ministry was marked by hard work, both in preaching and in supporting himself financially. He often worked as a tentmaker (<a href="/acts/18-3.htm">Acts 18:3</a>) to avoid being a financial burden to the churches he served. This labor reflects the biblical principle of diligence and self-sufficiency, as well as Paul's commitment to the integrity of his ministry (<a href="/1_thessalonians/2-9.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:9</a>).sleepless nights Paul experienced many sleepless nights, likely due to travel, concern for the churches, and the demands of his ministry. This phrase captures the physical and emotional toll of his apostolic work. It echoes the vigilance and dedication required of believers, as seen in Jesus' own sleepless night in prayer before His crucifixion (<a href="/luke/22-39.htm">Luke 22:39-46</a>).and hunger Paul often faced hunger, either due to lack of resources or as a result of his missionary journeys. This experience of physical deprivation highlights his reliance on God's provision and his willingness to endure hardship for the sake of the Gospel. It also connects to the broader biblical theme of fasting and dependence on God, as seen in Jesus' fasting in the wilderness (<a href="/matthew/4.htm">Matthew 4:1-4</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of 2 Corinthians, Paul is writing to the church in Corinth, sharing his experiences and hardships as a servant of Christ. 2. <a href="/topical/c/corinth.htm">Corinth</a> A major city in ancient Greece, known for its wealth and immorality, where Paul established a church and to whom he is addressing this letter. 3. <a href="/topical/b/beatings.htm">Beatings</a> Refers to the physical punishment Paul endured for preaching the Gospel, a common experience for early Christians. 4. <a href="/topical/i/imprisonments.htm">Imprisonments</a> Paul was frequently imprisoned for his faith, highlighting the cost of discipleship. 5. <a href="/topical/r/riots.htm">Riots</a> Paul often faced public disorder and opposition, as seen in various accounts in the Acts of the Apostles.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/e/endurance_in_suffering.htm">Endurance in Suffering</a> Paul’s experiences teach us the importance of enduring hardships for the sake of the Gospel. As believers, we are called to remain steadfast in our faith, even when faced with trials. <a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_discipleship.htm">The Cost of Discipleship</a> Following Christ may lead to persecution and suffering. We should be prepared to face challenges and sacrifices as part of our Christian journey. <a href="/topical/r/reliance_on_god's_strength.htm">Reliance on God’s Strength</a> In times of weakness and need, we are reminded to rely on God’s strength. Paul’s perseverance is a testament to the power of God working through human frailty. <a href="/topical/e/empathy_and_support_for_persecuted_believers.htm">Empathy and Support for Persecuted Believers</a> Recognizing the struggles faced by Paul and other early Christians should inspire us to support and pray for those who are persecuted for their faith today. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_growth_through_trials.htm">Spiritual Growth through Trials</a> Hardships can lead to spiritual growth and maturity. We should view challenges as opportunities to deepen our relationship with Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_corinthians_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Corinthians 6</a> <a href="/q/how_do_faith_and_grit_beat_adversity.htm">How do faith and perseverance overcome persecution and adversity?</a> <a href="/q/do_non-biblical_texts_confirm_2_cor_6_4-5.htm">Are there any historical documents outside the Bible that corroborate Paul’s account of hardship in 2 Corinthians 6:4–5?</a> <a href="/q/why_do_the_righteous_face_poverty.htm">In Psalm 37:25 (“I have not seen the righteous forsaken”), why do historical records reveal numerous cases where faithful people faced dire poverty or were seemingly abandoned?</a> <a href="/q/are_paul's_macedonia_'conflicts'_recorded.htm">(2 Corinthians 7:5) Are there any historical or archaeological records confirming the exact nature of Paul's 'conflicts' in Macedonia?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_corinthians/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) In stripes . . .--The list becomes more specific. "Stripes" we have seen at Philippi (<a href="/acts/16-23.htm" title="And when they had laid many stripes on them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:">Acts 16:23</a>), and <a href="/context/2_corinthians/11-23.htm" title="Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.">2Corinthians 11:23-24</a> show that there were other instances. Of "imprisonment?," that at Philippi is, so far, the only recorded instance (<a href="/acts/16-24.htm" title="Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.">Acts 16:24</a>); but there may well have been others, as in <a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm" title="Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.">2Corinthians 11:23</a>. "Tumults" (the same word as in <a href="/luke/21-9.htm" title="But when you shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.">Luke 21:9</a>) at Antioch in Pisidia (<a href="/acts/13-50.htm" title="But the Jews stirred up the devout and honorable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.">Acts 13:50</a>), Lystra (<a href="/context/acts/14-5.htm" title="And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them spitefully, and to stone them,">Acts 14:5-19</a>), Thessalonica (<a href="/acts/17-5.htm" title="But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took to them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.">Acts 17:5</a>), Corinth itself (<a href="/acts/18-12.htm" title="And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,">Acts 18:12</a>), and Ephesus (<a href="/context/acts/19-23.htm" title="And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.">Acts 19:23-41</a>). "Labours" describe the usual tenor of his life, the daily work of his calling as a tent-maker, as well as that connected with his ministry. "Watchings" and "fastings" are, probably, both of them (comp. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-27.htm" title="In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.">2Corinthians 11:27</a>) to be referred to voluntary acts--nights of vigil and self-imposed abstinence--rather than to privations incidental to his work. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_corinthians/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 5. - In stripes (comp. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">2 Corinthians 11:23-28</a>). The stripes were of two kinds - from Jewish whips and Roman rods. But of the five scourgings with Jewish whips not one is mentioned in the Acts, and only one of the three scourgings with Roman rods (<a href="/acts/16-23.htm">Acts 16:23</a>). Nothing, therefore, is more clear than that the Acts only furnishes us with a fragmentary and incomplete record, in which, as we gather from the Epistles, either the agonies of St. Paul's lifelong martyrdom are for some reason intentionally minimized, or else (which is, perhaps, mere probable) St. Paul was, as his rule and habit, so reticent about his own sufferings in the cause of Christ that St. Luke was only vaguely, if at all, aware of many scenes of trial through which he had passed. In imprisonments. St. Paul was frequently in prison, but St. Luke only tells us of one of these occasions (<a href="/acts/16-24.htm">Acts 16:24</a>) - at Philippi; the Roman imprisonment and that at Caesarea were subsequent to this Epistle. In tumults. These were a normal incident of St. Paul's life, both up to this time and for years afterwards (<a href="/acts/13-50.htm">Acts 13:50</a>; <a href="/acts/14-19.htm">Acts 14:19</a>; <a href="/acts/16-22.htm">Acts 16:22</a>; <a href="/acts/17-4.htm">Acts 17:4, 5</a>; <a href="/acts/18-12.htm">Acts 18:12</a>; <a href="/acts/19-28.htm">Acts 19:28, 29</a>; <a href="/acts/21-27.htm">Acts 21:27-39</a>; <a href="/acts/22-22.htm">Acts 22:22, 23</a>; <a href="/acts/23-9.htm">Acts 23:9, 10</a>; <a href="/acts/27-42.htm">Acts 27:42</a>, etc.) The word akatastasiai might also mean "insecurities," i.e. homelessness, wanderings, uncertainties (comp. <a href="/1_corinthians/4-11.htm">1 Corinthians 4:11</a>); but New Testament usage seems decisive in favour of the frowner meaning (<a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">2 Corinthians 12:20</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/14-33.htm">1 Corinthians 14:33</a>; <a href="/james/3-15.htm">James 3:15</a>). In labours (<a href="/2_corinthians/11-28.htm">2 Corinthians 11:28</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/4-12.htm">1 Corinthians 4:12</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/15-10.htm">1 Corinthians 15:10</a>; <a href="/acts/20-34.htm">Acts 20:34</a>; <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-9.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:9</a>; <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-8.htm">2 Thessalonians 3:8</a>). In watchings. "Spells of sleeplessness" were a necessary incident of such a life; and an eminently nervous nature like that of St. Paul is rarely capable of the habitual relief of sound steep. Hence he again refers to this in <a href="/2_corinthians/11-27.htm">2 Corinthians 11:27</a>. His "sleeplessness" was sometimes the necessary result of labours "night and day" (<a href="/acts/20-31.htm">Acts 20:31</a>; <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-9.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:9</a>, etc.). In fastings. St. Paul never inculcates the practice of voluntary fasting as a duty (for the reading in <a href="/1_corinthians/7-5.htm">1 Corinthians 7:5</a> is more than dubious); but it is probable that he found it personally useful at times (<a href="/acts/13-2.htm">Acts 13:2, 3</a>; <a href="/acts/14-23.htm">Acts 14:23</a>; <a href="/acts/9-9.htm">Acts 9:9</a>). The nine forms of suffering hitherto mentioned - three general, three specific, and three voluntary - are all physical sufferings borne with "much endurance." <a href="/commentaries/2_corinthians/6-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. beatings, πληγαῖς (plēgais) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4127.htm">Strong's 4127: </a> A blow, stripe, wound; an affliction, plague. From plesso; a stroke; by implication, a wound; figuratively, a calamity. imprisonments, φυλακαῖς (phylakais) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5438.htm">Strong's 5438: </a> From phulasso; a guarding or, the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or, the time, literally or figuratively. [and] riots; ἀκαταστασίαις (akatastasiais) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_181.htm">Strong's 181: </a> From akatastatos; instability, i.e. Disorder. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. labor, κόποις (kopois) Noun - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2873.htm">Strong's 2873: </a> From kopto; a cut, i.e. toil, literally or figuratively; by implication, pains. sleepless nights, ἀγρυπνίαις (agrypniais) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_70.htm">Strong's 70: </a> The state of being awake (at night), sleeplessness, watching. From agrupneo; sleeplessness, i.e. A keeping awake. [and] hunger; νηστείαις (nēsteiais) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3521.htm">Strong's 3521: </a> Fasting, the day of atonement. From nesteuo; abstinence; specially, the fast of the Day of Atonement. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_corinthians/6-5.htm">2 Corinthians 6:5 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_corinthians/6-5.htm">2 Corinthians 6:5 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_corinthians/6-5.htm">2 Corinthians 6:5 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/6-5.htm">2 Corinthians 6:5 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/6-5.htm">2 Corinthians 6:5 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_corinthians/6-5.htm">2 Corinthians 6:5 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_corinthians/6-5.htm">2 Corinthians 6:5 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_corinthians/6-5.htm">2 Corinthians 6:5 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_corinthians/6-5.htm">2 Corinthians 6:5 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_corinthians/6-5.htm">2 Corinthians 6:5 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/6-5.htm">NT Letters: 2 Corinthians 6:5 In beatings in imprisonments in riots (2 Cor. 2C iiC 2Cor ii cor iicor) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Corinthians 6:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 6:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Corinthians 6:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 6:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>