2 Corinthians 6:4

But in all [things] approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

But {G235} in {G1722} all {G3956} things approving {G4921} ourselves {G1438} as {G5613} the ministers {G1249} of God {G2316}, in {G1722} much {G4183} patience {G5281}, in {G1722} afflictions {G2347}, in {G1722} necessities {G318}, in {G1722} distresses {G4730},

On the contrary, we try to commend ourselves in every way as workers for God by continually enduring troubles, hardships, calamities,

Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;

but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

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Cross-References

  • 2 Corinthians 12:10 (8 votes)

    Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:8 (7 votes)

    ¶ [We are] troubled on every side, yet not distressed; [we are] perplexed, but not in despair;

  • 2 Corinthians 11:27 (6 votes)

    In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

  • Romans 8:35 (4 votes)

    Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? [shall] tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

  • Romans 8:36 (4 votes)

    As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

  • 1 Corinthians 4:11 (4 votes)

    Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

  • 1 Corinthians 4:12 (4 votes)

    And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: