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. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 17695 in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition5 In beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless watching, hunger; Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible5 We went through beatings, imprisonments, and riots. We experienced hard work, sleepless nights, and hunger. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version5 despite wounds, imprisonment, and rebellion; with hard work, vigilance, and fasting; Ver Capítulo |
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.
[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.
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].