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In stripesf, in imprisonments, ζin tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;

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2 Cor. 11:23• ²³Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as being beside myself) *I* above measure so; in labours exceedingly abundant, in stripes to excess, in prisons exceedingly abundant, in deaths oft. (2 Cor. 11:23)

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or, in tossings to and fro.

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stripes.

2 Cor. 11:23‑25• ²³Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as being beside myself) *I* above measure so; in labours exceedingly abundant, in stripes to excess, in prisons exceedingly abundant, in deaths oft.
²⁴From the Jews five times have I received forty stripes, save one.
²⁵Thrice have I been scourged, once I have been stoned, three times I have suffered shipwreck, a night and day I passed in the deep: (2 Cor. 11:23‑25)

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Deut. 25:3• ³With forty stripes shall they beat him; they shall not exceed, lest, if they continue to beat him with many stripes above these, thy brother become despicable in thine eyes. (Deut. 25:3)

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Isa. 53:5• ⁵But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed. (Isa. 53:5)

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Acts 16:23• ²³And having laid many stripes upon them they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely; (Acts 16:23)

imprisonments.

1 Kings 22:27• ²⁷and thou shalt say, Thus says the king: Put this man in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace. (1 Kings 22:27)

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2 Chron. 16:10• ¹⁰And Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison; for he was enraged with him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time. (2 Chron. 16:10)

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Jer. 33:1• ¹And the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the prison, saying, (Jer. 33:1)

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Jer. 37:15‑16• ¹⁵And the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in the place of confinement in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
¹⁶When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon and into the vaults, and Jeremiah had remained there many days, (Jer. 37:15‑16)

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Jer. 38:6• ⁶Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the guard, and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire. (Jer. 38:6)

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Matt. 14:3,10• ³For Herod had seized John, and had bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother.
¹⁰And he sent and beheaded John in the prison; (Matt. 14:3,10)

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Acts 5:18• ¹⁸and laid hands on the apostles and put them in the public prison. (Acts 5:18)

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Acts 12:4‑5• ⁴whom having seized he put in prison, having delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep, purposing after the passover to bring him out to the people.
⁵Peter therefore was kept in the prison; but unceasing prayer was made by the assembly to God concerning him. (Acts 12:4‑5)

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Acts 16:24• ²⁴who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and secured their feet to the stocks. (Acts 16:24)

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Acts 22:24• ²⁴the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, saying that he should be examined by scourging, that he might ascertain for what cause they cried thus against him. (Acts 22:24)

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Acts 23:35• ³⁵he said, I will hear thee fully when thine accusers also are arrived. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's praetorium. (Acts 23:35)

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Acts 24:27• ²⁷But when two years were completed, Felix was relieved by Porcius Festus as his successor; and Felix, desirous to oblige the Jews, to acquire their favour, left Paul bound. (Acts 24:27)

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Acts 26:10,29• ¹⁰Which also I did in Jerusalem, and myself shut up in prisons many of the saints, having received the authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death I gave my vote.
²⁹And Paul said, I would to God, both in little and in much, that not only thou, but all who have heard me this day, should become such as *I* also am, except these bonds. (Acts 26:10,29)

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Acts 28:16‑17,30• ¹⁶And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered up the prisoners to the praetorian prefect, but Paul was allowed to remain by himself with the soldier who kept him.
¹⁷And it came to pass after three days, that he called together those who were the chief of the Jews; and when they had come together he said to them, Brethren, *I* having done nothing against the people or the customs of our forefathers, have been delivered a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,
³⁰And he remained two whole years in his own hired lodging, and received all who came to him, (Acts 28:16‑17,30)

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Eph. 3:1• ¹For this reason *I* Paul, prisoner of the Christ Jesus for you nations, (Eph. 3:1)

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Phil. 1:13• ¹³so that my bonds have become manifest as being in Christ in all the praetorium and to all others; (Phil. 1:13)

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2 Tim. 1:8• ⁸Be not therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but suffer evil along with the glad tidings, according to the power of God; (2 Tim. 1:8)

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2 Tim. 2:9• ⁹in which I suffer even unto bonds as an evil-doer: but the word of God is not bound. (2 Tim. 2:9)

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Heb. 11:36• ³⁶and others underwent trial of mockings and scourgings, yea, and of bonds and imprisonment. (Heb. 11:36)

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Heb. 13:23• ²³Know that our brother Timotheus is set at liberty; with whom, if he should come soon, I will see you. (Heb. 13:23)

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Rev. 2:10• ¹⁰Fear nothing of what thou art about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of life. (Rev. 2:10)

in tumults.

or, in tossings to and fro.

2 Cor. 1:8‑10• ⁸For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to our tribulation which happened to us in Asia, that we were excessively pressed beyond our power, so as to despair even of living.
⁹But we ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not have our trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;
¹⁰who has delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we confide that he will also yet deliver; (2 Cor. 1:8‑10)

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Acts 14:19• ¹⁹But there came Jews from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds and stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing him to have died. (Acts 14:19)

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Acts 17:5• ⁵But the Jews having been stirred up to jealousy, and taken to themselves certain wicked men of the lowest rabble, and having got a crowd together, set the city in confusion; and having beset the house of Jason sought to bring them out to the people; (Acts 17:5)

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Acts 18:12‑17• ¹²But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one consent rose against Paul and led him to the judgment-seat,
¹³saying, This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.
¹⁴But as Paul was going to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If indeed it was some wrong or wicked criminality, O Jews, of reason I should have borne with you;
¹⁵but if it be questions about words, and names, and the law that ye have, see to it yourselves; for *I* do not intend to be judge of these things.
¹⁶And he drove them from the judgment-seat.
¹⁷And having all laid hold on Sosthenes the ruler of the synagogue, they beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio troubled himself about none of these things. (Acts 18:12‑17)

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Acts 19:23‑34• ²³And there took place at that time no small disturbance about the way.
²⁴For a certain man by name Demetrius, a silver-beater, making silver temples of Artemis, brought no small gain to the artisans;
²⁵whom having brought together, and those who wrought in such things, he said, Men, ye know that our well-living arises from this work,
²⁶and ye see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great crowd, not only of Ephesus, but almost of all Asia, saying that they are no gods which are made with hands.
²⁷Now not only there is danger for us that our business come into discredit, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be counted for nothing, and that her greatness should be destroyed whom the whole of Asia and the world reveres.
²⁸And having heard this, and being filled with rage, they cried out, saying, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.
²⁹And the whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord to the theatre, having seized and carried off with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, fellow-travellers of Paul.
³⁰But Paul intending to go in to the people, the disciples suffered him not;
³¹and some of the Asiarchs also, who were his friends, sent to him and urged him not to throw himself into the theatre.
³²Different persons therefore cried out some different thing; for the assembly was tumultuous, and the most did not know for what cause they had come together.
³³But from among the crowd they put forward Alexander, the Jews pushing him forward. And Alexander, beckoning with his hand, would have made a defence to the people.
³⁴But, recognising that he was a Jew, there was one cry from all, shouting for about two hours, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians. (Acts 19:23‑34)

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Acts 21:27‑35• ²⁷And when the seven days were nearly completed, the Jews from Asia, having seen him in the temple, set all the crowd in a tumult, and laid hands upon him,
²⁸crying, Israelites, help! this is the man who teaches all everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place, and has brought Greeks too into the temple, and profaned this holy place.
²⁹For they had before seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.
³⁰And the whole city was moved, and there was a concourse of the people; and having laid hold on Paul they drew him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.
³¹And as they were seeking to kill him, a representation came to the chiliarch of the band that the whole of Jerusalem was in a tumult;
³²who, taking with him immediately soldiers and centurions, ran down upon them. But they, seeing the chiliarch and the soldiers, ceased beating Paul.
³³Then the chiliarch came up and laid hold upon him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he might be, and what he had done.
³⁴And different persons cried some different thing in the crowd. But he, not being able to know the certainty on account of the uproar, commanded him to be brought into the fortress.
³⁵But when he got upon the stairs it was so that he was borne by the soldiers on account of the violence of the crowd. (Acts 21:27‑35)

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Acts 22:23• ²³And as they were crying, and throwing away their clothes, and casting dust into the air, (Acts 22:23)

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Acts 23:10• ¹⁰And a great tumult having arisen, the chiliarch, fearing lest Paul should have been torn in pieces by them, commanded the troop to come down and take him by force from the midst of them, and to bring him into the fortress. (Acts 23:10)

labours.

2 Cor. 11:23• ²³Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as being beside myself) *I* above measure so; in labours exceedingly abundant, in stripes to excess, in prisons exceedingly abundant, in deaths oft. (2 Cor. 11:23)

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1 Cor. 15:10• ¹⁰But by God's grace I am what I am; and his grace, which was towards me, has not been vain; but I have laboured more abundantly than they all, but not *I*, but the grace of God which was with me. (1 Cor. 15:10)

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1 Thess. 2:9• ⁹For ye remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, not to be chargeable to any one of you, we have preached to you the glad tidings of God. (1 Thess. 2:9)

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1 Tim. 4:10• ¹⁰for, for this we labour and suffer reproach, because we hope in a living God, who is preserver of all men, specially of those that believe. (1 Tim. 4:10)

watchings.

2 Cor. 11:27• ²⁷in labour and toil, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. (2 Cor. 11:27)

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Ezek. 3:17• ¹⁷Son of man, I have appointed thee a watchman unto the house of Israel, and thou shalt hear the word from my mouth, and give them warning from me. (Ezek. 3:17)

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Mark 13:34‑37• ³⁴it is as a man gone out of the country, having left his house and given to his bondmen the authority, and to each one his work, and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch.
³⁵Watch therefore, for ye do not know when the master of the house comes: evening, or midnight, or cock-crow, or morning;
³⁶lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
³⁷But what I say to you, I say to all, Watch. (Mark 13:34‑37)

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Acts 20:31• ³¹Wherefore watch, remembering that for three years, night and day, I ceased not admonishing each one of you with tears. (Acts 20:31)

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2 Tim. 4:5• ⁵But *thou*, be sober in all things, bear evils, do the work of an evangelist, fill up the full measure of thy ministry. (2 Tim. 4:5)

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Heb. 13:17• ¹⁷Obey your leaders, and be submissive; for *they* watch over your souls as those that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not groaning, for this would be unprofitable for you. (Heb. 13:17)

fastings.

Matt. 9:15• ¹⁵And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn so long as the bridegroom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom will have been taken away from them, and then they will fast. (Matt. 9:15)

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Acts 13:3• ³Then, having fasted and prayed, and having laid their hands on them, they let them go. (Acts 13:3)

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Acts 14:23• ²³And having chosen them elders in each assembly, having prayed with fastings, they committed them to the Lord, on whom they had believed. (Acts 14:23)

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1 Cor. 7:5• ⁵Defraud not one another, unless, it may be, by consent for a time, that ye may devote yourselves to prayer, and again be together, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency. (1 Cor. 7:5)

• 2 Cor. 11:23 speaks of the apostle's being " in prisons more frequent," so that we know such shame to have been abundantly his lot…."in tumults"-- a "riot" in the world or "confusion" among saints; and here the context confirms the former: a shocking trial to one of well-ordered habits....we pass on from inflicted to voluntary trials....the apostle's " labors, watchings, fastings," had to do with the gospel and the church, as well as individual souls, and were quite above the circumstances of trade good or bad. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 6:4-7” by W. Kelly)

• they commended themselves by the patience with which they met the special trials that came upon them as the servants of the Lord — stripes, imprisonments, and tumults. (“2 Corinthians 6” by H. Smith)

• they further commended themselves by the patience with which they met all the exercises in connection with the Lord's work and the Lord's people — labors, watchings, and fastings. (“2 Corinthians 6” by H. Smith)

• As to “prisons,” we know of but one, recorded minutely in Acts 16, doubtless for its momentous connection with the first planting of the gospel in Philippi; but 2 Cor. 11:23 speaks of the apostle's being “in prisons more frequent,” so that we know such shame to have been abundantly his lot. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 6:4-7” by W. Kelly)

• The apostle's “labors, watchings, fastings,” had to do with the gospel and the church, as well as individual souls. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 6:4-7” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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in stripes, in prisons, in riots, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,

W. Kelly Translation

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in stripes, in prisons, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,