2 Corinthians 6:5-7

Expanded Bible

⁵ ·We are beaten [^L…in beatings/floggings] ·and thrown into prison [^Lin imprisonments]. ·We meet those who become upset with us and start riots [^L…in riots/rebellions]. ·We work hard [^L…in hard labors], ·and sometimes we get no sleep [^L…in sleepless nights] ·or food [^L…in hunger]. ⁶ ·We show we are servants of God by our pure lives [^L…in/by purity; ^CPaul continues the same list, but moves to positive character traits], ·our understanding [^L…in/by knowledge], patience, and kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by ·true [sincere; unhypocritical] love, ⁷ by ·speaking the truth [or the message/word of truth; ^Cthe Gospel], and by God’s power. ·We use our right living [^L…with weapons of righteousness] ·to defend ourselves against everything [or both to attack (with a sword) and defend (with a shield); ^Lin our right hands and in our left].