2 Corinthians 6:4-6

Context
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 genuine⁷ love,

[6:4] ¹tn Or “ministers.”

[6:4] ²tn Or “we have commended ourselves by all things.”

[6:4] ³tn Or “in trouble and suffering.”

[6:5] ⁴tn Or “rebellions” (uprisings in open defiance of civil authority).

[6:5] ⁵tn 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.

[6:6] ⁶tn Or “by holiness of spirit.”

[6:6] ⁷tn Or “sincere.”