2 Corinthians 6:3–4
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6:3We do not give anyone3 an occasion for taking an offense in anything,4 so that no fault may be found with our ministry. 6:4But as God’s servants,5 we have commended ourselves in every way,6 with great endurance, in persecutions,7 in difficulties, in distresses,
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- 3 The word “anyone” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context.
- 4 Other interpretations of the first part of 2 Cor 6:3 are possible. The phrase could also mean, “not putting an obstacle in the way of anyone” (L&N 22.14), or “giving no one in anything a cause to sin” (L&N 88.307).
- 5 Or “ministers.”
- 6 Or “we have commended ourselves by all things.”
- 7 Or “in trouble and suffering.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities,
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited. Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses;
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
We are not giving anyone an occasion for offense, so that the ministry will not be blamed. Instead, as God’s ministers, we commend ourselves in everything: by great endurance, by afflictions, by hardships, by difficulties,
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NLTNew Living Translation
We live in such a way that no one will stumble because of us, and no one will find fault with our ministry. In everything we do, we show that we are true ministers of God. We patiently endure troubles and hardships and calamities of every kind.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
We are giving no one an occasion for taking offense in anything, in order that our ministry will not have fault found with it, but commending ourselves as servants of God in every way, in much endurance, in afflictions, in distresses, in difficulties,
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KJV 1900King James Version
Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
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