“My lord king, these men have acted wickedly in all they did to the prophet Jeremiah by throwing him into the cistern to die there of hunger, for there is no bread left in the city.”
2 Corinthians 11:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, hungry and thirsty, often without food, cold and naked. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In toil and hardship, watching often [through sleepless nights], in hunger and thirst, frequently driven to fasting by want, in cold and exposure and lack of clothing. American Standard Version (1901) in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Common English Bible I faced these dangers with hard work and heavy labor, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often without food, and in the cold without enough clothes. Catholic Public Domain Version with hardships and difficulties, with much vigilance, in hunger and thirst, with frequent fasts, in cold and nakedness, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In labour and painfulness, in much watchings, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. |
“My lord king, these men have acted wickedly in all they did to the prophet Jeremiah by throwing him into the cistern to die there of hunger, for there is no bread left in the city.”
And after they had appointed elders for them in each church, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had come to believe.
Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to warn everyone with tears.
Do not deprive one another except perhaps by agreement for a set time, to devote yourselves to prayer, and then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
Are they ministers of Christ? I am talking like a madman—I am a better one: with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless floggings, and often near death.
I know what it is to have little, and I know what it is to have plenty. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being well-fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of being in need.
You remember our labor and toil, brothers and sisters; we worked night and day so that we might not burden any of you while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
and we did not eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day so that we might not burden any of you.
They were stoned to death; they were sawn in two; they were killed by the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, persecuted, tormented—