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Selected Verse: 2 Corinthians 6:5 - Strong Concordance

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2Co 6:5 Strong Concordance In [1722] stripes [4127], in [1722] imprisonments [5438], in [1722] tumults [181], in [1722] labours [2873], in [1722] watchings [70], in [1722] fastings [3521];
  King James In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
stripes-- (Co2 11:23-24; Act 16:23).

imprisonments-- (Co2 11:23). He had been, doubtless, elsewhere imprisoned besides at Philippi when he wrote this Epistle.

tumults-- (Act 13:50; Act 14:5, Act 14:19; Act 16:22; and recently Acts 19:23-41).

labours--in the cause of Christ (Co2 11:23; Rom 16:12).

watchings-- (Co2 11:27). Sleepless nights.

fastings--The context here refers to his trials, rather than devotional exercises (compare Co2 11:27). Thus "foodlessness" would seem to be the sense (compare Co1 4:11; Phi 4:12). But the usual sense of the Greek is fasts, in the strict sense; and in Co2 11:27 it is spoken of independently of "hunger and thirst." (Compare Luk 2:37; Act 10:30; Act 14:23). However, Mat 15:32; Mar 8:3, justify the sense, more favored by the context, foodlessness, though a rare use of the word. GAUSSEN remarks "The apostles combine the highest offices with the humblest exterior: as everything in the Church was to be cast in the mould of death and resurrection, the cardinal principle throughout Christianity."
 
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3 And [2532] if [1437] I send [630] them [846] away [630] fasting [3523] to [1519] their own [846] houses [3624], they will faint [1590] by [1722] the way [3598]: for [1063] divers [5100] of them [846] came [2240] from far [3113].
32 Then [1161] Jesus [2424] called [4341] his [846] disciples [3101] unto him, and said [2036], I have compassion [4697] on [1909] the multitude [3793], because [3754] they continue [4357] with me [3427] now [2235] three [5140] days [2250], and [2532] have [2192] nothing [3756] [5101] to eat [5315]: and [2532] I will [2309] not [3756] send [630] them [846] away [630] fasting [3523], lest [3379] they faint [1590] in [1722] the way [3598].
23 And [1161] when they had ordained [5500] them [846] elders [4245] in every [2596] church [1577], and had prayed [4336] with [3326] fasting [3521], they commended [3908] them [846] to the Lord [2962], on [1519] whom [3739] they believed [4100].
30 And [2532] Cornelius [2883] said [5346], Four [5067] days [2250] ago [575] I was [2252] fasting [3522] until [3360] this [5026] hour [5610]; and [2532] at the ninth [1766] hour [5610] I prayed [4336] in [1722] my [3450] house [3624], and [2532], behold [2400], a man [435] stood [2476] before [1799] me [3450] in [1722] bright [2986] clothing [2066],
37 And [2532] she [3778] was a widow [5503] of about [5613] fourscore [3589] and four [5064] years [2094], which [3739] departed [868] not [3756] from [575] the temple [2411], but served [3000] God with fastings [3521] and [2532] prayers [1162] night [3571] and [2532] day [2250].
27 In [1722] weariness [2873] and [2532] painfulness [3449], in [1722] watchings [70] often [4178], in [1722] hunger [3042] and [2532] thirst [1373], in [1722] fastings [3521] often [4178], in [1722] cold [5592] and [2532] nakedness [1132].
12 [1161] I know [1492] both how to be abased [5013], and [2532] I know [1492] how to abound [4052]: every where [1722] [3956] and [2532] in [1722] all things [3956] I am instructed [3453] both [2532] to be full [5526] and [2532] to be hungry [3983], both [2532] to abound [4052] and [2532] to suffer need [5302].
11 Even [891] unto this present [737] hour [5610] we [3983] both [2532] hunger [3983], and [2532] thirst [1372], and [2532] are naked [1130], and [2532] are buffeted [2852], and [2532] have no certain dwellingplace [790];
27 In [1722] weariness [2873] and [2532] painfulness [3449], in [1722] watchings [70] often [4178], in [1722] hunger [3042] and [2532] thirst [1373], in [1722] fastings [3521] often [4178], in [1722] cold [5592] and [2532] nakedness [1132].
27 In [1722] weariness [2873] and [2532] painfulness [3449], in [1722] watchings [70] often [4178], in [1722] hunger [3042] and [2532] thirst [1373], in [1722] fastings [3521] often [4178], in [1722] cold [5592] and [2532] nakedness [1132].
12 Salute [782] Tryphena [5170] and [2532] Tryphosa [5173], who labour [2872] in [1722] the Lord [2962]. Salute [782] the beloved [27] Persis [4069], which [3748] laboured [2872] much [4183] in [1722] the Lord [2962].
23 Are they [1526] ministers [1249] of Christ [5547]? (I speak [2980] as a fool [3912] I [1473] am more [5228]; in [1722] labours [2873] more abundant [4056], in [1722] stripes [4127] above measure [5234], in [1722] prisons [5438] more frequent [4056], in [1722] deaths [2288] oft [4178].
22 And [2532] the multitude [3793] rose up together [4911] against [2596] them [846]: and [2532] the magistrates [4755] rent off [4048] their [846] clothes [2440], and commanded [2753] to beat [4463] them.
19 And [1161] there came thither [1904] certain Jews [2453] from [575] Antioch [490] and [2532] Iconium [2430], who [2532] persuaded [3982] the people [3793], and [2532], having stoned [3034] Paul [3972], drew [4951] him out of [1854] the city [4172], supposing [3543] he [846] had been dead [2348].
5 And [1161] when [5613] there was [1096] an assault [3730] made [1096] both [5037] of the Gentiles [1484], and also [2532] of the Jews [2453] with [4862] their [846] rulers [758], to use them despitefully [5195], and [2532] to stone [3036] them [846],
50 But [1161] the Jews [2453] stirred up [3951] the devout [4576] and [2532] honourable [2158] women [1135], and [2532] the chief men [4413] of the city [4172], and [2532] raised [1892] persecution [1375] against [1909] Paul [3972] and [2532] Barnabas [921], and [2532] expelled [1544] them [846] out of [575] their [846] coasts [3725].
23 Are they [1526] ministers [1249] of Christ [5547]? (I speak [2980] as a fool [3912] I [1473] am more [5228]; in [1722] labours [2873] more abundant [4056], in [1722] stripes [4127] above measure [5234], in [1722] prisons [5438] more frequent [4056], in [1722] deaths [2288] oft [4178].
23 And [5037] when they had laid [2007] many [4183] stripes [4127] upon them [846], they cast [906] them into [1519] prison [5438], charging [3853] the jailor [1200] to keep [5083] them [846] safely [806]:
23 Are they [1526] ministers [1249] of Christ [5547]? (I speak [2980] as a fool [3912] I [1473] am more [5228]; in [1722] labours [2873] more abundant [4056], in [1722] stripes [4127] above measure [5234], in [1722] prisons [5438] more frequent [4056], in [1722] deaths [2288] oft [4178].
24 Of [5259] the Jews [2453] five times [3999] received I [2983] forty [5062] stripes save [3844] one [3391].
27 In [1722] weariness [2873] and [2532] painfulness [3449], in [1722] watchings [70] often [4178], in [1722] hunger [3042] and [2532] thirst [1373], in [1722] fastings [3521] often [4178], in [1722] cold [5592] and [2532] nakedness [1132].
19 And [1161] there came thither [1904] certain Jews [2453] from [575] Antioch [490] and [2532] Iconium [2430], who [2532] persuaded [3982] the people [3793], and [2532], having stoned [3034] Paul [3972], drew [4951] him out of [1854] the city [4172], supposing [3543] he [846] had been dead [2348].
19 And [1161] when her [846] masters [2962] saw [1492] that [3754] the hope [1680] of their [846] gains [2039] was gone [1831], they caught [1949] Paul [3972] and [2532] Silas [4609], and drew [1670] them into [1519] the marketplace [58] unto [1909] the rulers [758],
20 And [2532] brought [4317] them [846] to the magistrates [4755], saying [2036], These [3778] men [444], being [5225] Jews [2453], do exceedingly trouble [1613] our [2257] city [4172],
6 And [1161] when they opposed [498] themselves [846], and [2532] blasphemed [987], he shook [1621] his raiment [2440], and said [2036] unto [4314] them [846], Your [5216] blood [129] be upon [1909] your [5216] own heads [2776]; I [1473] am clean [2513]: from [575] henceforth [3568] I will go [4198] unto [1519] the Gentiles [1484].
24 Who [3739], having received [2983] such [5108] a charge [3852], thrust [906] them [846] into [1519] the inner [2082] prison [5438], and [2532] made [805] their [846] feet [4228] fast [805] in [1519] the stocks [3586].
23 Are they [1526] ministers [1249] of Christ [5547]? (I speak [2980] as a fool [3912] I [1473] am more [5228]; in [1722] labours [2873] more abundant [4056], in [1722] stripes [4127] above measure [5234], in [1722] prisons [5438] more frequent [4056], in [1722] deaths [2288] oft [4178].
24 Of [5259] the Jews [2453] five times [3999] received I [2983] forty [5062] stripes save [3844] one [3391].
25 Thrice [5151] was I beaten with rods [4463], once [530] was I stoned [3034], thrice [5151] I suffered shipwreck [3489], a night and a day [3574] I have been [4160] in [1722] the deep [1037];
23 And [1161] when they had ordained [5500] them [846] elders [4245] in every [2596] church [1577], and had prayed [4336] with [3326] fasting [3521], they commended [3908] them [846] to the Lord [2962], on [1519] whom [3739] they believed [4100].
21 Howbeit [1161] this [5124] kind [1085] goeth [1607] not [3756] out [1607] but [1508] by [1722] prayer [4335] and [2532] fasting [3521].
8 Neither [3761] did we eat [5315] any man's [3844] [5100] bread [740] for nought [1432]; but [235] wrought [2038] with [1722] labour [2873] and [2532] travail [3449] night [3571] and [2532] day [2250], that [4314] we might [1912] not [3361] be chargeable [1912] to any [5100] of you [5216]:
31 Therefore [1352] watch [1127], and remember [3421], that [3754] by the space of three years [5148] I ceased [3973] not [3756] to warn [3560] every [1538] one [1520] night [3571] and [2532] day [2250] with [3326] tears [1144].
7 And [1161] upon [1722] the first [3391] day of the week [4521], when the disciples [3101] came together [4863] to break [2806] bread [740], Paul [3972] preached [1256] unto them [846], ready [3195] to depart [1826] on the morrow [1887]; and [5037] continued [3905] his speech [3056] until [3360] midnight [3317].
8 And [1161] there were [2258] many [2425] lights [2985] in [1722] the upper chamber [5253], where [3757] they were [2258] gathered together [4863].
9 And [1161] there sat [2521] in [1909] a window [2376] a certain [5100] young man [3494] named [3686] Eutychus [2161], being fallen [2702] into a deep [901] sleep [5258]: and as Paul [3972] was long [1909] [4119] preaching [1256], he sunk down [2702] with [575] sleep [5258], and fell down [2736] [4098] from [575] the third loft [5152], and [2532] was taken up [142] dead [3498].
10 And [1161] Paul [3972] went down [2597], and fell on [1968] him [846], and [2532] embracing [4843] him said [2036], Trouble [2350] not [3361] yourselves [2350]; for [1063] his [846] life [5590] is [2076] in [1722] him [846].
11 When [1161] he [305] therefore was come up again [305], and [2532] had broken [2806] bread [740], and [2532] eaten [1089], and [5037] talked [3656] [1909] a long while [2425], even till [891] break of day [827], so [3779] he departed [1831].
25 And [1161] at [2596] midnight [3317] Paul [3972] and [2532] Silas [4609] prayed [4336], and sang praises [5214] unto God [2316]: and [1161] the prisoners [1198] heard [1874] them [846].
33 Take ye heed [991], watch [69] and [2532] pray [4336]: for [1063] ye know [1492] not [3756] when [4219] the time [2540] is [2076].
27 In [1722] weariness [2873] and [2532] painfulness [3449], in [1722] watchings [70] often [4178], in [1722] hunger [3042] and [2532] thirst [1373], in [1722] fastings [3521] often [4178], in [1722] cold [5592] and [2532] nakedness [1132].
8 A double minded [1374] man [435] is unstable [182] in [1722] all [3956] his [846] ways [3598].
9 But [1161] when [3752] ye shall hear [191] of wars [4171] and [2532] commotions [181], be [4422] not [3361] terrified [4422]: for [1063] these things [5023] must [1163] first [4412] come to pass [1096]; but [235] the end [5056] is not [3756] by and by [2112].
21 And [1161] when they heard [191] that, they entered [1525] into [1519] the temple [2411] early in the morning [5259] [3722], and [2532] taught [1321]. But [1161] the high priest [749] came [3854], and [2532] they that were with [4862] him [846], and called [4779] the council [4892] together [4779], and [2532] all [3956] the senate [1087] of the children [5207] of Israel [2474], and [2532] sent [649] to [1519] the prison [1201] to have [71] them [846] brought [71].