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in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots,[a] in troubles,[b] in sleepless nights, in hunger,

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  1. 2 Corinthians 6:5 tn Or “rebellions” (uprisings in open defiance of civil authority).
  2. 2 Corinthians 6:5 tn Usually κόποις (kopois) has been translated as “labors” or “hard work,” but see Matt 26:10 where it means “trouble”; “distress” (L&N 22.7). In this context with so many other terms denoting suffering and difficulty, such a meaning is preferable.

by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by benevolence, by the Holy Spirit,[a] by genuine[b] love,

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  1. 2 Corinthians 6:6 tn Or “by holiness of spirit.”
  2. 2 Corinthians 6:6 tn Or “sincere.”