2 Corinthians 6:5-10

The Ministry of Reconciliation

⁵ _e beatings, imprisonments, _f riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; ⁶ _g by purity, _h knowledge, patience, kindness, _i the Holy Spirit, _j genuine love; ⁷ by _k truthful speech, and _l the power of God; with _m the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; ⁸ through honor and dishonor, _n through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; ⁹ as unknown, and _o yet well known; _p as dying, and behold, we live; _q as punished, and yet not killed; ¹⁰ _r as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; _s as poor, yet making many rich; _t as having nothing, _u yet possessing everything.

1. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 11:23 - 27
   Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one - I am talking like a madman - with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death.
   Acts 16:23
   And when they had inflicted many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them safely.
   
2. Cross References
   Acts 17:5
   But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Thessalonians 2:10
   You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers.
   
4. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 11:6
   Even if I am unskilled in speaking, I am not so in knowledge; indeed, in every way we have made this plain to you in all things.
   
5. Cross References
   Romans 15:19
   By the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God - so that from Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ.
   1 Thessalonians 1:5
   Because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.
   
6. Cross References
   Romans 12:9
   Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.
   James 3:17
   But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
   
7. Cross References
   Ephesians 1:13
   In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.
   Colossians 1:5
   Because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel.
   
8. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 2:5
   That your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
   
9. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 10:4
   For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.
   Ephesians 6:11 - 17
   Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
   
10. Cross References
    Romans 3:8
    And why not do evil that good may come? - as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.
    
11. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 11:6
    Even if I am unskilled in speaking, I am not so in knowledge; indeed, in every way we have made this plain to you in all things.
    
12. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 4:10
    Always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
    
13. Cross References
    Psalms 118:18
    The Lord has disciplined me severely, but he has not given me over to death.
    
14. Cross References
    John 16:22
    So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
    2 Corinthians 7:4
    I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy.
    
15. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 8:9
    For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.
    Proverbs 13:7
    One pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
    1 Corinthians 1:5
    That in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge -
    
16. Cross References
    Acts 3:6
    But Peter said, "I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!
    
17. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 7:30
    And those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods.