2 Corinthians 6:5
In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
In Context
6In a clean heart, in knowledge, in long waiting, in being kind, in the Holy Spirit, in true love,
Cross References
1 Kings 22:27And say, It is the king's order that this man is to be put in prison and given prison food till I come again in peace.
Isaiah 53:5But it was for our sins he was wounded, and for our evil doings he was crushed: he took the punishment by which we have peace, and by his wounds we are made well.
Jeremiah 37:15And the rulers were angry with Jeremiah, and gave him blows and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
Ezekiel 3:17Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the children of Israel: so give ear to the word of my mouth, and give them word from me of their danger.
Matthew 14:3For Herod had taken John and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
Mark 13:34It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 6:2-11
Ministry of the Apostles. ( a. d. 57.) 1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. 2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) 3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: 4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 5… Read the whole commentary →