2 Corinthians 6:4-5

The Ministry of Reconciliation

⁴ but _a as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: _b by great endurance, _c in afflictions, _d hardships, calamities, ⁵ _e beatings, imprisonments, _f riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger;

1. Cross References
   1 Thessalonians 3:2
   And we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith.
   2 Timothy 2:24 - 25
   And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil.
   2 Corinthians 3:6
   Who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
   
2. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 12:12
   The signs of a true apostle were performed among you with utmost patience, with signs and wonders and mighty works.
   2 Timothy 3:10
   You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness.
   
3. Cross References
   Acts 9:16
   For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.
   
4. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 12:10
   For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
   
5. 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.
   
6. 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.