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George Lamsa Translation

2 Corinthians 6:5

In scourgings, in bonds, in tumults, in toilings, in vigils, in fastings;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Fasting;   Longsuffering;   Love;   Minister, Christian;   Patience;   Paul;   Persecution;   Prisoners;   Resignation;   Stripes;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Afflictions;   Blessings-Afflictions;   Leaders;   Ministers;   Nation, the;   Punishments;   Religious;   Stripes;   Trials;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Afflicted Saints;   Fasting;   Self-Denial;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Corinthians, First and Second, Theology of;   Leadership;   Wealth;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Watchings;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Corinth;   Jehoshaphat;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Persecution in the Bible;   Thorn in the Flesh;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fasting;   Longsuffering;   Prison;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Abstinence;   Activity;   Evil;   Perseverance;   Scourge, Scourging;   Self-Denial;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Paul;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
by beatings, by imprisonments, by riots, by labors, by sleepless nights, by times of hunger,
King James Version (1611)
In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,
King James Version
In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
English Standard Version
beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger;
New American Standard Bible
in beatings, in imprisonments, in mob attacks, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger,
New Century Version
We are beaten and thrown into prison. We meet those who become upset with us and start riots. We work hard, and sometimes we get no sleep or food.
Amplified Bible
in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in sleepless nights, in hunger,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
in beatings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger,
Legacy Standard Bible
in beatings, in imprisonments, in disturbances, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger,
Berean Standard Bible
in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;
Contemporary English Version
We have been beaten, put in jail, and hurt in riots. We have worked hard and have gone without sleep or food.
Complete Jewish Bible
beatings, imprisonments, riots, overwork, lack of sleep and food.
Darby Translation
in stripes, in prisons, in riots, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,
Easy-to-Read Version
We are beaten and thrown into prison. People get upset at us and fight against us. We work hard, and sometimes we get no sleep or food.
Geneva Bible (1587)
In stripes, in prisons, in tumults, in labours,
Good News Translation
We have been beaten, jailed, and mobbed; we have been overworked and have gone without sleep or food.
Lexham English Bible
in beatings, in prisons, in disturbances, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in going hungry,
Literal Translation
in stripes, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings,
American Standard Version
in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
Bible in Basic English
In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food;
Hebrew Names Version
in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
International Standard Version
in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights, and hunger;2 Corinthians 11:23;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
by stripes, by chains, by tumults, by labour, by watching, by fasting,
Murdock Translation
in scourgings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in toil, in watching, in fasting;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In stripes, in prisonmentes, in strifes, in labours,
English Revised Version
in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
World English Bible
in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
in necessities, in distresses, In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
Weymouth's New Testament
by floggings, by imprisonments; by facing riots, by toil, by sleepless watching, by hunger and thirst;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
in nedis, in angwischis, in betyngis, in prisouns, in dissensiouns with ynne, in trauels, in wakyngis, in fastyngis,
Update Bible Version
in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fasts;
Webster's Bible Translation
In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
New English Translation
in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in hunger,
New King James Version
in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fastings;
New Living Translation
We have been beaten, been put in prison, faced angry mobs, worked to exhaustion, endured sleepless nights, and gone without food.
New Life Bible
We have been beaten. We have been put in prison. We have been in fights. We have worked hard. We have stayed awake watching. We have gone without food.
New Revised Standard
beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in toilings, in watchings, in fastings,
Douay-Rheims Bible
In stripes, in prisons, in seditions, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,
Revised Standard Version
beatings, imprisonments, tumults, labors, watching, hunger;
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
in strypes in presonmet in stryfe in laboure in watchinge in fastyng
Young's Literal Translation
in stripes, in imprisonments, in insurrections, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
in strypes, in presonmentes, in vproures, in laboures, in watchinges, in fastynges,
Mace New Testament (1729)
from imprisonments, from tumults, from labours, from watchings, from penury.
Simplified Cowboy Version
We've been beaten and thrown into prison. We've faced down vigilante groups hell-bent on killing us. We've worked to sheer exhaustion and not slept a wink at night. And there's been many a day we didn't even have a piece of beef jerky to eat.

Contextual Overview

1 SO we beseech you, as helpers, that the grace of God which you have received may not be in vain among you. 2 For he said, I have answered you in an acceptable time, and I have helped you on the day of salvation: behold, now is the acceptable time; and behold now is the day of salvation. 3 Give no occasion for offence to any one in anything, so that there be no blemish in our ministry: 4 But in all things let us show ourselves, to be the ministers of God, in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in imprisonment, 5 In scourgings, in bonds, in tumults, in toilings, in vigils, in fastings; 6 By purity, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love, 7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, 8 By honour and dishonour, by praise and reproach, as deceivers, and yet true; 9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not dying; 10 As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet enriching many; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

stripes: 2 Corinthians 11:23-25, Deuteronomy 25:3, Isaiah 53:5, Acts 16:23

imprisonments: 1 Kings 22:27, 2 Chronicles 16:10, Jeremiah 33:1, Jeremiah 37:15, Jeremiah 37:16, Jeremiah 38:6, Matthew 14:3, Matthew 14:10, Acts 5:18, Acts 12:4, Acts 12:5, Acts 16:24, Acts 22:24, Acts 23:35, Acts 24:27, Acts 26:10, Acts 26:29, Acts 28:16, Acts 28:17, Acts 28:30, Ephesians 3:1, Philippians 1:13, 2 Timothy 1:8, 2 Timothy 2:9, Hebrews 11:36, Hebrews 13:23, Revelation 2:10

in tumults: or, in tossings to and fro, 2 Corinthians 1:8-10, Acts 14:19, Acts 17:5, Acts 18:12-17, Acts 19:23-34, Acts 21:27-35, Acts 22:23, Acts 23:10

labours: 2 Corinthians 11:23, 1 Corinthians 15:10, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, 1 Timothy 4:10

watchings: 2 Corinthians 11:27, Ezekiel 3:17, Mark 13:34-37, Acts 20:31, 2 Timothy 4:5, Hebrews 13:17

fastings: Matthew 9:15, Acts 13:3, Acts 14:23, 1 Corinthians 7:5

Reciprocal: Matthew 6:16 - when Mark 2:20 - and Mark 9:29 - fasting Acts 13:2 - fasted Acts 16:19 - they Acts 16:22 - the magistrates 1 Corinthians 4:11 - unto 1 Corinthians 9:27 - I keep Colossians 1:29 - labour James 5:7 - Be patient Revelation 2:3 - hast laboured

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,
Genesis 6:3
Then the LORD said, My spirit shall not dwell in man forever, because he is flesh; let his days be a hundred and twenty years.
Genesis 6:4
There were giants on the earth in those days; and also after that, for the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, and they became giants who in the olden days were mighty men of renown.
Genesis 6:9
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and innocent in his days, and God was pleased with Noah.
Genesis 6:19
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every kind bring into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.
Genesis 6:20
Of fowls after their kind, and of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind shall enter with you, that they may live.
Genesis 6:21
And you must take a supply of all food that is eaten, and you shall store it by you; and it shall be for food for you and for them.
Genesis 8:21
And the LORD smelled the sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for mans sake; for the inclination of mans heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again destroy any more every living thing, as I have done.
Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners in the presence of the LORD exceedingly.
Deuteronomy 29:19
And when he hears the words of this oath, he shall reason in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In stripes,.... As the Apostle Paul particularly was, who was thrice beaten with rods, and five times scourged by the Jews with the scourge of forty stripes save one.

In imprisonments; under which are included bonds, in which they often were for the Gospel of Christ:

in tumults; and uproars of the people, when their lives were frequently in imminent danger: or "in tossings to and fro"; being drove from place to place through the fury of their enemies;

in labours; in a laborious ministry of the word, and administration of ordinances; or by labouring with their own hands to supply their necessities:

in watchings; being obliged to work night and day at their hand labour, and in preaching, praying, and singing psalms; which exercises they were often employed in at midnight:

in fastings; by which are meant not voluntary, but involuntary ones, through want of food to eat.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In stripes - In this verse, Paul proceeds to specifications of what he had been called to endure. In the previous verse, he had spoken of his afflictions in general terms. In this expression, he refers to the fact that he and his fellow-laborers were scourged in the synagogues and cities as if they had been the worst of people. In 2 Corinthians 11:23-25, Paul says that he had been scourged five times by the Jews, and had been thrice beaten with rods. See the notes on that place.

In imprisonments - As at Philippi; Acts 16:24 ff. It was no uncommon thing for the early preachers of Christianity to be imprisoned.

In tumults - Margin, “Tossing to and fro.” The Greek word (ἀκαταστασία akatastasia) denotes properly “instability,” thence disorder, tumult, commotion. Here it means that in the various tumults and commotions which were produced by the preaching of the gospel, Paul endeavored to act as became a minister of God. Such tumults were excited at Corinth Acts 18:6; at Philippi Acts 16:19-20; at Lystra and Derbe Acts 14:19; at Ephesus Acts 19:0, and in various other places. The idea is, that if the ministers of religion are assailed by a lawless mob, they are to endeavor to show the spirit of Christ there, and to evince all patience, and to do good even in such a scene. Patience and the Christian spirit may often do more good in such scenes than much preaching would do elsewhere.

In labors - Referring probably to the labors of the ministry, and its incessant duties, and perhaps also to the labors which they performed for their own support, as it is well known that Paul and probably also the other apostles, labored often to support themselves.

In watchings - In wakefulness, or lack of sleep. He probably refers to the fact that in these arduous duties, and in his travels, and in anxious cares for the churches, and for the advancement of religion, he was often deprived of his ordinary rest. He refers to this again in 2 Corinthians 11:27.

In fastings - Referring probably not only to the somewhat frequent fasts to which he voluntarily submitted as acts of devotion, but also to the fact that in his travels, when abroad and among strangers, he was often destitute of food. To such trials, those who traveled as Paul did, among strangers, and without property, would be often compelled to submit; and such trials, almost without number, the religion which we now enjoy has cost. It at first cost the painful life, the toils, the anxieties, and the sufferings of the Redeemer; and it has been propagated and perpetuated amidst the deep sorrows, the sacrifices, and the tears and blood of those who have contributed to perpetuate it on earth. For such a religion, originated, extended, and preserved in such a manner, we can never express suitable gratitude to God. Such a religion we cannot overestimate in value; and for the extension and perpetuity of such a religion, we also should be willing to practice unwearied self denial.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Corinthians 6:5. In stripes, in imprisonments — Of these the history of the Acts of the Apostles gives ample testimony; and there were doubtless many instances of persecution in various forms which are not on record.

In tumults — ακαταστασιαις. Insurrections raised against them because of the Gospel. It is more natural to understand the word thus, than of agitations, or tossings to and fro in consequence of their unsettled state of life; or because of persecution, which obliged them to flee from place to place.

In labours — Both with our own hands to provide for ourselves the necessaries of life, that we might not be chargeable to others; and in labours to spread the Gospel of God through all countries where his providence opened our way.

In watchings — Passing many nights without sleep or rest.

In fastings — Partly constrained through want of food; and partly voluntary, as a means of obtaining an increase of grace both for ourselves and for the Churches.


 
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