⁴But in all things ^†approving ourselves as ⁱthe ministers of God, ^kin much patience, in afflictions, in ^l^mnecessities, ^min distresses, ⁵ⁿIn stripes, ⁿin imprisonments, ^||in tumults, ⁿ^oin labours, ^oin watchings, ^oin ^pfastings;

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†Gr. commending. See ch. 4:2.
iSo 1 Cor. 4:1. See ch. 3:6.
kch. 12:12. See Acts 9:16.
lSee 1 Cor. 7:26.
mch. 12:10.
mch. 12:10.
nSee ch. 11:23, 24.
nSee ch. 11:23, 24.
||Or, in tossings to and fro. See 1 Cor. 14:33 marg.
nSee ch. 11:23, 24.
och. 11:27 (Gk.).
och. 11:27 (Gk.).
och. 11:27 (Gk.).
pSee Matt. 17:21.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger;

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Instead, as God’s ministers, we commend ourselves in everything: by great endurance, by afflictions, by hardships, by difficulties, by beatings, by imprisonments, by riots, by labors, by sleepless nights, by times of hunger,

NLTNew Living Translation

In everything we do, we show that we are true ministers of God. We patiently endure troubles and hardships and calamities of every kind. We have been beaten, been put in prison, faced angry mobs, worked to exhaustion, endured sleepless nights, and gone without food.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

but commending ourselves as servants of God in every way, in much endurance, in afflictions, in distresses, in difficulties, in beatings, in prisons, in disturbances, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in going hungry,