2 Corinthians 6:4

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
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“but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“but in everything recommending ourselves as God's ministrants; in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Corinthians 6:4 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 61:6But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.
  2. Joel 1:9Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.
  3. Joel 2:17Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
  4. Luke 21:19By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.
  5. Acts 2:22Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.
  6. Acts 9:16I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”
  7. Acts 20:23I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
  8. Acts 20:34You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.
  9. Romans 5:3Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
  10. Romans 5:8But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
  11. Romans 8:35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
  12. Romans 14:18For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.
  13. Romans 16:10Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.
  14. 1 Corinthians 3:5What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
  15. 1 Corinthians 4:1So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
  16. 1 Corinthians 4:11To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
  17. 1 Corinthians 9:11If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much for us to reap a material harvest from you?
  18. 2 Corinthians 2:17For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
  19. 2 Corinthians 3:6And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
  20. 2 Corinthians 4:2Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
  21. 2 Corinthians 4:8We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
  22. 2 Corinthians 4:17For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
  23. 2 Corinthians 7:11Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
  24. 2 Corinthians 11:9And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.

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