2 Corinthians 6:5

5 by floggings, by imprisonments; by facing riots, by toil, by sleepless watching, by hunger and thirst;

2 Corinthians 6:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 6:5

In stripes
As the Apostle Paul particularly was, who was thrice beaten with rods, and five times scourged by the Jews with the scourge of forty stripes save one.

In imprisonments;
under which are included bonds, in which they often were for the Gospel of Christ:

in tumults;
and uproars of the people, when their lives were frequently in imminent danger: or "in tossings to and fro"; being drove from place to place through the fury of their enemies;

in labours;
in a laborious ministry of the word, and administration of ordinances; or by labouring with their own hands to supply their necessities:

in watchings;
being obliged to work night and day at their hand labour, and in preaching, praying, and singing psalms; which exercises they were often employed in at midnight:

in fastings;
by which are meant not voluntary, but involuntary ones, through want of food to eat.

2 Corinthians 6:5 In-Context

3 We endeavour to give people no cause for stumbling in anything, lest the work we are doing should fall into discredit.

4 On the contrary, as God's servants, we seek their full approval--by unwearied endurance, by afflictions, by distress, by helplessness;

5 by floggings, by imprisonments; by facing riots, by toil, by sleepless watching, by hunger and thirst;

6 by purity of life, by knowledge, by patience, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love;

7 by the proclamation of the truth, by the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness, wielded in both hands;