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2 Corinthians 6:5 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

5 [We have been] beaten, jailed, and mobbed. [We have] worked hard, missed sleep and gone without food.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

5 In beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless watching, hunger;

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American Standard Version (1901)

5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;

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Common English Bible

5 We went through beatings, imprisonments, and riots. We experienced hard work, sleepless nights, and hunger.

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Catholic Public Domain Version

5 despite wounds, imprisonment, and rebellion; with hard work, vigilance, and fasting;

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2 Corinthians 6:5
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I have worked and suffered. I have often gone without sleep, been hungry and thirsty, often gone without food [i.e., for spiritual reasons], been cold and had inadequate clothing.


But [other] Jews became jealous and, recruiting certain ungodly riffraff, they gathered a mob and brought the city to near-riot conditions. They [even] attacked Jason's house and attempted to bring Paul and Silas before the [assembly of] people.


Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. [For] look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, so that you may be tested, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. [But], you should be faithful [to God] even to the point of dying [for Him], and I will give you the crown of [never ending] life.


I want you people to know that our brother Timothy has been released [from prison (?)]. If he comes [to me] soon, I will bring him with me when I visit you.


[You should] obey your leaders [Note: This probably refers to church elders] and submit to their oversight, for they look out for [the welfare of] your souls as men who will give an accounting [for your spiritual progress]. [Be obedient], so that they will be able to do this joyfully and not with sorrow, for that would be unprofitable to you.


And [still] others experienced mocking and floggings, and were even chained up and put in prison.


But you should be sober-minded about everything, [willing to] endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.


for which I am suffering difficulty [here] in prison, as [though I were] a criminal. But God’s message is not “in prison.”


So, do not be ashamed to testify for our Lord, or ashamed of [being associated with] me, His prisoner, but [be willing to] suffer hardship with me for the sake of the Gospel, relying on God’s power [to sustain you].


For that reason we work hard and struggle, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, [and] especially of those who believe [in Christ].


For you brothers remember how we labored and toiled, working hard night and day, so that we would not burden any of you [while] we proclaimed to you the Gospel of God.


so that my imprisonment for Christ became known throughout the entire headquarters of the governor [i.e., among all his personnel], and to everyone else.


This is the reason that I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles, [pray for you. See 3:14-19].


But I am whatever I am because of God’s unearned favor, and the favor He showed me was not for nothing [i.e., Paul made the most of his conversion by being extra diligent in his service to God]. But I worked harder than all the other apostles, yet it was not I, but God’s favor on me [that accomplished it].


Do not deprive each other [of these marital rights], except by mutual agreement, so that you can spend the time in prayer. Then resume [normal sexual] relations again, so Satan is not able to tempt you [i.e., to have an affair] because of your lack of self-control.


Even to this moment, we [apostles] are hungry and thirsty; we have inadequate clothing; we have been beaten; we do not have a permanent place to live;


Then Paul lived for two whole years in his own rented house and welcomed everyone who visited him.


Paul replied, “I wish to God that, whether it would take a little or a lot, not only you, but all those who hear me today, might become [Christians] like me, except [not] with these chains.”


So, I was doing this in Jerusalem, having received [my] authority from the leading priests. I both imprisoned many of the saints [i.e., God’s holy people] and [even] voiced my approval when they were put to death [See 8:1].


So, Felix allowed Paul to remain in chains, because he wanted to gain favor with the Jews [during that period of time]. Two years passed and Felix was succeeded by Portius Festus.


he said, “I will hear your case fully when your accusers also get here.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept [under guard] in Herod's palace.


And when a serious debate broke out, the commander was afraid that Paul might [virtually] be torn apart by the mob, so he ordered his soldiers to go down [to the Council meeting] and forcibly remove Paul and take him to the battalion headquarters.


So, be very watchful, and remember that for three years I never stopped warning every one of you [about such matters] both night and day with tears [in my eyes].


And when Paul and Barnabas had appointed elders [for the churches] in every congregation and had prayed and fasted [over these elders], they committed them to [the care of] the Lord, in whom they had come to trust.


But Jews came to [Lystra] from Antioch [in Pisidia] and Iconium. When they persuaded the crowds [to reject Paul’s message] they stoned him and dragged him out of town, assuming he was dead.


Then, as these prophets and teachers fasted and prayed [for the two men], they placed their hands on them [signifying their appointment for this ministry] and sent them away.


and arrested the apostles and put them in jail.


So, he sent [word to his officers] and had John decapitated in the prison.


For Herod had arrested John and had him chained and put in prison in order to please Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.


Jesus said to them, “Can the groomsmen act sadly while the groom is still with them? But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.


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